Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992

Variable Details

Variablevc79e
LabelCOURSE 5 LENGTH OF COURSE (MONTHS)
Question text How long altogether was the course supposed to last?
Responses
1 4
2 1
3 2
6 1
8 1
12 10
24 6
36 2
48 1
-8 Out of range 299
Sysmiss 1320
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992
Interviewer InstructionsUSE LEADING ZEROS. CONVERT TO MONTHS IF ANSWERED IN YEARS ( E.G. 2 YEARS - 24 MONTHS, YEARS - 36 MONTHS). IF COURSES LESS THAN ONE MONTH CODE XX.
UniverseA clustered 10% sample of all respondents to an earlier BCS70 follow-up, living in England and Wales during 1992, who were not known to have died, emigrated or refused.;National
SamplingOne-stage cluster sample;A simple random sample of the BCS70 cohort
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort