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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Head Teacher Questionnaire, 1986

Variable Details

Variableht15so2
LabelQ15 Other Science subjects on the curriculum in the 5th yr (4th in Scotland) - details
Question text Whcih of the following subjects are offered on your 5th year (4th Scotland) curriculum? (Please state whether each one is offered as an examination or non-examination subject.) Other science subjects.
Responses
ACADEMIC STUDIES 1
ADDITIONAL MATHS 4
APPLIED SCIENCE 7
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2
BIOLOGY 2
CONTROL TECHNOLOGY 10
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERI 5
ELECTRONIC INSTRUEME 1
ELECTRONICS 33
ENGINEERING 4
ENV SCIENCE 3
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 3
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 6
FORESTRY 4
GEOLOGY 13
MANUFACTURING TECHNOL 3
MOTOR ENGINEER 1
MOTOR ENGINEERING/TD 1
PHYSICAL SCIENCES 3
SCIENCE AT WORK 4
SCIENCE FOR EVERYDAY 1
SCIENCE INDUSTRIES 5
WITH CHILDCARE 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Head Teacher Questionnaire, 1986
UniverseThe instrument was sent out to every school in Great Britain which anyone born in the target 1970 was likely to be attending.;National
SamplingSee documentation for details.
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; this dataset comprised part of the sixteen-year follow-up sweep of the longitudinal BCS70 study
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