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

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Variablehtq29_o
LabelQ29 Comments re occupation groups of parents
Question text In the next six questions we are asking you to estimate the distribution of certain characteristics of your school population and parents in the following categories. Occupation groups of parents. Please make an estimate, which clearly must be an approximation, of the percentages of your pupils whose father (or head of household) normally fall into the following broad occupation groups (irrespective of whether employed or not). Comments.
Responses
"NEW WORKING CLASSES" PREDOMINATE IN NEWTOWNS-MANY ONE PARENT FAMILIES TOO 3
+ 10% UNEMPLOYED OR NO INFO. + 2% RETIRED (3) OR STUDENT (1) 7
+/- 10% ALL CATEGORIES 1
1.ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE 2.COMPARED WITH OTHER GRAMMAR SCHOOLS WE SEEM LOW ON PROFESSIONAL BUT ON THE WHOLE PARENTS OCCUPATION DOES NOT SEEM IMPORTANT 3
10% UNEMPLOYED 4
13% NO DETAILS 5
2 ESTATES WHICH FORM CATCHMENT AREA CLEARLY "WORKING CLASS" 4
20% THE REST. 6
20% UNEMPLOYED 6
25% OUT OF WORK 6
3% HOUSEWIVES. DIFFICULT TO CATEGORISE EG BUILDER RUNNING OWN BUSINESS - INCLUDED IN SKILLED MANUAL 4
30 4
30% UNEMPLOYED 4
30-35% FROM SERVICE FAMILIES MAINLY FROM SPECIALIST UNITS. 9
32% UNEMPLOYMENT ON OUR PARTICULAR ESTATE (APPROX 1/3 INTAKE) 5
50% OF CHILDREN COME FROM COUNCIL ESTATE IN DORMITORY SUBURB 1
50% OF PUPILS FROM RURAL AREA - AGRICULTURE & RELATED WORK ARE IMPORTANT EMPLOYERS 2
60% MALE UNEMPLOYMENT IN CATCHMENT AREA 1
60% OF PUPILS FROM LARGE OVERSPILL COUNCIL ESTATE 9
60% OF THE MALES IN OUR AREA ARE UNEMPLOYED 3
80% OF FATHERS ARE UNEMPLOYED IF THEY ARE PRESENT IN FAMILY 1
80% SKILLED/SEMI-SKILLED OR UNSKILLED. 1
85% PUPILS CAME FROM 2 AREAS FORMALLY DESCRIBED AS SERIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED 4
90% OF BOARDERS PARENTS FROM ARMY/NAVY/AIR FORCE 2
A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER ARE SELF-EMPLOYED 3
A GUESSTIMATE 4
A HIGH PROPORTION OF FARMERS LISTED AS SKILLED MANUAL WORKER 1
A LARGE % ARE UNEMPLOYED 2
A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PARENTS ARE INVOLVED IN FARMING EITHER ON OWNERS OR TENANT FARMERS 3
A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF PARENTS IS UNEMPLOYED 2
A LARGE PREPONDERANCE OF AGRICULTURAL JOBS IN THIS AREA 5
A MINING AREA 1
A MIXTURE - NO MEANS OF OBTAINING PERCENTAGES. 3
A NUMBER OF PARENTS COMMUTE TO SENIOR POSTS IN LONDON 4
A PROBABLE EMPHASIS ON SKILLED MANUAL ONE WARD WITHIN CATCHMENT AREA HAS 19% UNEMPLOYMENT BUT IN REALITY 75% WORKING 2
A PURE GUESS! 8
A RURAL AREA - HORTICULTURE CHIEFLY/ENGINEERING INDUSTRY 10 MILES AWAY 3
A VERY MIDDLE CLASS AREA 4
A VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE 5
ABOUT 'AVERAGE' OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER. 5
ABOUT 25% ARE LEA PLACE HOLDERS - CAN OFFER NO USEFUL FIGURE 1
ACCOUNTED BY FEES 1
ACCURATE INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE 6
AGAIN - VERY MUCH AN ESTIMATE 3
AGAIN A VERY ROUGH APPROXIMATION 1
AGAIN APPROXIMATE IN THE EXTREME 1
AGAIN VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE 5
AGRIC.AREA. MANY FARMWORKERS - MANY OF WHOM ARE HIGHLY SKILLED 5
ALOT ARE SELF-EMPLOYED. RUNNING HOTELS 4
ALTHOUGH WE DRAW FROM THE WHOLE OF THIS LEA OUR INTAKE IS INFLUENCED MORE FROM THE EAST MORE "WORKING CLASS" AREA. 2
AN "ESTIMATE" 2
AN AREA WHICH IS WITHIN EASY COMMUTING DISTANCE OF LONDON 1
AN ESTIMATE WOULD BE TOTAL GUESS WORK. 6
AN IMPOSSIBLE GUESS 7
AN INBALANCE INTAKE WHICH IS BECOMING MORE BALANCED BECAUSE OF CATCHMENT ADJUSTMENTS 2
AN INCREASING NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED 1
AN INEXACT ASSESSMENT 1
ANOTHER ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION 3
APPROX % (LARGE % OF SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES) 6
APPROX 20% SERVICE CHILDREN 3
APPROX 25% UNEMPLOYED 4
APPROX 30% OF FAMILIES ARE SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES 5
APPROXIMATE 5
APPROXIMATION ONLY 5
APRIL 1951 CENSUS GIVES 43% OF BOROUGH AS BEING IN PROFESSIONAL OR OTHER NON-MANUAL EMPLOYMENT 7
AREA HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT/INNER CITY 2
AREA OF HIGH AND INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT MOVEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL/MANAGERIAL CLERICAL AND SKILLED MANUAL WORKERS FROM NEARBY URBAN AREA 7
AS ABOVE 4
AS ABOVE!! 2
AS THE TRADITIONAL HEAVY INDUSTRY DECLINES THE BULK OF THE POPULATION IS CHANGING FROM SKILLED MANUAL TO UNSKILLED OR SEMI-SKILLED MANUAL 3
ASSUMING IN EMPLOYMENT 1
AT LEAST 15% UNEMPLOYED 2
AT LEAST 25% PUPILS ARE "SINGLE PARENT" 1
BASED ON 1986 ENTRY. 2
BASED ON 50% RAMDOM SAMPLE OF LAST 3 INTAKE YEARS 3
BASED ON S1 2
BASED ON SAMPLE ANALYSIS OF ONE YEAR INTAKE 3
CANNOT ANSWER 3
CANNOT ANSWER IN PERCENTAGE TERMS. BIAS TOWARDS LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROUPS 3
CANNOT ANSWER THIS 1
CANNOT GIVE THIS INFORMATION 4
CATCHMENT AREA COULD BE CLASSED AS RURAL DORMITORY TO NEARBY URBAN AREAS. GOOD HOUSING AVAILABLE. 5
CATCHMENT AREA HAS VIRTUALLY NO INDUSTRY/BEING A DORMITORY SUBURB 3
CATCHMENT AREA IS RURAL A SERVICE INDUSTRY SMARTEST TOWN WITH A DORMITORY RESIDENTIAL AREA FOR STEEL WORKERS & THEIR FAMILIES 6
CATCHMENT AREA LIES IN TOWN'S OLDEST ESTATES/CLOSE TO DOCKS AND HAS SEVERAL TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING BASED INDUSTRIES 4
CATEGORISATION IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY 2
CENSUS CATEGORIES USED 5
CLERICAL & PROFESSIONAL ABOVE AVERAGE 3
COMMENTS ARE RELEVANT HERE TOO 5
COMPLETE CROSS-SECTION BUT ESTIMATES IMPOSSIBLE 2
DAY ELEMENT DRAWN FROM HOTELIER/CATERING BACKGROUNDS 4
DIFFICULT 1
DIFFICULT TO ASSESS 3
DIFFICULT TO ASSIGN & SCHOOL HASNT GOT INFO ON ALL PARENTS 1
DIFFICULT TO BE ACCURATE WHEN PARENTS - RECORD THAT THEY ARE UNEMPLOYED THEY RARELY GIVE THEIR PREVIOUS JOB IF ANY 2
DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GROUPS 5
DIFFICULTIES TO ASSESS 2
DO NOT HAVE THIS INFO - ANY GUESS MIGHT BE WILDLY OUT. 3
DONT KNOW 8
DONT KNOW! (IE. INFO NOT IMMED. AVAIL) 3
DORMITORY TOWN FOR COMMUTERS 6
ESTIMATION - RELIABILITY UNCERTAIN 4
EVEN MORE OF A GUESSTIMATE. 2
FAIRLY SETTLED POPULATION 2
FARMING AREA 6
FIGURES GIVEN ARE REASONED ASSESSMENTS 5
FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE 3
FIGURES REFLECT LACK OF JOB OPPORTUNITES AND LACK OF NEED FOR OLDER & TRADITIONAL SKILLS. MUST PARENTS NOT UPWARDLY ????? 6
FORCES = 22.5% 1
FROM A 3 YEAR OLD SURVEY 1
GENERALLY A GOOD MIX 1
GENERALLY SMALL FARMERS OR SMALL BUSINESSMEN 1
GOVERNMENT ASSISTED PLACES ARE INCREASING BOYS FROM LOWER INCOME GROUP 3
GUESSES ONLY 2
GUESSTIMATED 4
GUESSWORK (CANNOT BE ACCURATE) 4
GUESSWORK - DO NOT KEEP RECORDS AS I SEE NO REASON TO DO SO. 1
GUESTIMATES 3
HEAVILY WEIGHTED TO BOTTOM END OF PARENTAL OCCUPATION 3
HIGH % OF PARENTS SELF-EMPLOYED AS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. 1
HIGH LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICE INDUSTRIES/MOTHERS WORKING. 1
HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SMALL HOTEL & GUEST HOUSE PROPRIETERS. 1
HIGH PROPORTION UNEMPLOYED SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES 5
HIGH REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT MEANS THAT SOME PARENTS HAVE NEVER WORKED 4
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT 2
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 4
HIGHER IN YEARS 1-4/LOWER IN YEARS 5/L6 AND U6 3
I AM AFRAID THAT ANY ESTIMATE I MADE WOULD BE SO MUCH OF A GUESS THAT I AM NOT PREPARED TO ATTEMPT IT 4
I AM NO SOCIO-ECONOMIST & HAVE NO STATISTICS TO COMPLETE THIS 2
I AM UNABLE TO ESTIMATE. WE HAVE A BALANCED INTAKE TYPICAL OF A SMALL TOWN 2
I AM VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THIS SECTION - MY FIGURES ARE TOTALLY ARBITRARY 1
I CANNOT ANSWER THIS 4
I CANNOT ANSWER THIS I DONT KNOW 1
I CANNOT ESTIMATE THE PROPORTIONS SCHOOL CATCHMENT AREA MAINLY RURAL. 2
I CONSULTED EXTERNAL CAREERS OFFICE ON THIS ONE. BUT END RESULT IS SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION. 3
I COULD NOT BEGIN TO ATTEMPT THIS 4
I DO NOT FEEL ABLE TO ANSWER THIS-JOBS CHANGE SO FREQUENTLY & UNEMPLOYMENT IN ALL SOCIAL CLASSES IS HIGH 4
I FEEL THAT THIS IS AN INAPPROPRIATE QUESTION 2
I FIND THIS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE. WE DO NOT SEEK SUCH KNOWLEDGED 1
I HADN'T TIME TO CHECK ALL RECORDS AND WE HAVENT FULL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER 7
I HAVE NEVER ATTEMPTED TO CALCULATE THIS CERTAINLY THERE ARE RELATIVELY FEW IN THE 4TH CATEGORY 2
I HAVE NO BASIS FOR EVEN GUESSING 1
I HAVE NO IDEA OF PARENTS' WORK. 2
I HAVE NO IDEA OF THESE STATISTICS 3
I HAVE NO IDEA OF THIS DISTRIBUTION 1
I HAVE NO IDEA. INFORMATION IN THIS FORM IS NOT KEPT 2
I HAVE NO INFORMATION ON WHICH TO BASE AN ESTIMATE 8
I HAVE NO MEANS OF KNOWING ALTHOUGH I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. MY GUESS COULD BE QUITE MISLEADING. 1
I HAVE NO READILY AVAILABLE CRITERIA 1
I REALLY CANT GUESS 9
I WOULD GUESS THAT THE GREAT MAJORITY ARE SEMI-SKILLED OR UNSKILLED 2
I'M CLASSIFYING FORMERS AS PROFESSIONAL/MANAGERIAL 1
IF UNEMPLOYED WHEN STUDENTS ARRIVE AT 13+ DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE 8
IMPOSSIBLE APS/SESSION MEANS/POSSIBLILTY OF MANUAL WORKERS 3
IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION. 1
IMPOSSIBLE QUESTIONS 2
IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER IN DETAIL 9
IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER. 2
IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSESS - WITH ANY DEGREE OF ACCURACY MANY FROM ONE PARENT FAMILIES - SOME HAVE KNOWN 2-3 FATHERS 2
IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSESS ACCURATELY 6
IMPOSSIBLE TO COMMENT 1
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE 1
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE ACCURATLEY 4
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE AS WE DO NOT REQUIRE THIS INFORMATION ON ADMISSION 4
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE DUE TO COMPLEXITY OF INFORMATION 4
IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE WHEN MANY BECOME SELF EMPLOYED 2
IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE ACCURATELY 1
IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY AS PARENTS NO LONGER HAVE TO STATE THEIR OCCUPATIONS WHEN PUPILS ENTER THE SCHOOL 1
INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT AND ONE PARENT FAMILIES 5
INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT IS A VERY WORRYING FACTOR 2
INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE 3
INFORMATION MUST BE AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE - WE CANNOT OFFER IT 2
INFORMATION N/A 3
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE 1
INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE WITHOUT PURE GUESSWORK. REFER TO LEA 4
INFORMATION NOT KNOWN 2
INFORMATION NOT OFFICIALLY RECORDED (APPROXIMATION) 6
INFORMATION NOT READILY ATTAINABLE 4
INFORMATION NOT READILY AVAILABLE. DEGREE OF GUESSWORK INVOLVED 5
INFORMATION OF THIS NATURE IS NOT KEPT IN SCHOOL RECORDS 3
INFORMATION UNKNOWN 4
INSUFFICIENT DATA 2
INTAKE LARGELY DRAWN FROM TRADITIONALLY WORKING CLASS AREAS IN RECENT YEARS 7
INTUITION - CATEGORIES VARY WIDELY 4
IT CANNOT BE ASSUMED THAT THESE FATHERS STILL LIVE WITH THE PUPILS 1
IT IS SCHOOL POLICY NOT TO CONSIDER THIS ASPECT. HAS IT A RELEVANCE TO A CHILDS EDUCATION. 1
LARGE AREA OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION IN SCHOOL CATCHMENT 1
LARGE NUMBER HOTEL/TOURIST ASSOCIATED WORKERS - LITTLE IND. 3
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF UNEMPLOYED AND ONE PARENT FAMILIES. 1
LARGELY A FARMING COMMUNITY 2
LARGELY AGRICULTURAL AREA 2
LITTLE LOCAL INDUSTRY - "COMMUTER BELT" 5
LOCAL WARD ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE 7
MAIN OCCUPATION TOURISM 3
MAINLY FROM OWNER OCCUPIER BELT OF HOUSES FROM 30000 POUNDS TO VERY EXPENSIVE WITH SMALL INTAKE FROM COUNCIL ESTATES 1
MAJORITY HOTEL/BOARDING HOUSE PROPRIETERS 3
MANAGERIAL INCREASING WITH DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUTING TO NEARBY URBAN CENTRES 3
MANY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS - RURAL ENVIRONMENT. 2
MANY ARE FARMERS. I DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION TO ALLOW EVEN AN APPROXIMATION 3
MANY ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED 7
MANY ARE SELF EMPLOYED OWNING SMALL SHOPS 5
MANY ARE UNEMPLOYED ( APPROX 35%) 3
MANY ARE WORKING MOTHERS 1
MANY EMPLOYED SEASONALLY IN HOLIDAY BUSINESS 3
MANY IS HOTEL & CATERING IN SEMI SKILLED CAPACITY 4
MANY MEMBERS OF FORCES 2
MANY OF THIS 48 % ARE TENANT FARMERS OR SMALL FARM OWNERS IE. 'MANGERIAL' - BUT I HAVE COUNTED THEM AS 'SKILLED MANUALS' 1
MANY ONE PARENT FAMILIES. MOST WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD ARE IN SHOP/OFFICE WORK 3
MANY ONE-PARENT FAMILIES. 5
MANY PRESENT ARE UNEMPLOYED 2
MANY SELF EMPLOYED IN LEISURE INDUSTRIES 5
MANY SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES WITH MOTHERS IN CLERICAL GROUP 7
MANY SINGLE PARENTS/BROKEN HOMES 1
MANY SMALL SHOP KEEPERS & WORKERS AT AIRPORT 4
MANY UNEMPLOYED OR LOW WAGES 1
MASSIVE REDUNDANCIES/PHASED REDUNDANCIES AFTER MINERS STRIKE AND LONG TERMED UNEMPLOYED THEREFORE PROBABLY 25-30% UNEMPLOYED. 5
METHODIST SCHOOL - MANY PARENTS ARE CLERGYMEN 3
MIDDLE CLASS AREA 6
MINING & INDUSTRIAL AREA 6
MIXED 1
MORE GUESSED THAN ESTIMATED 10
MOST PARENTS AT MY SCHOOL ARE ABOVE AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE AND VOCAL - THEY HAVE TO BE TO GET THROUGH 1981 ED. ACT (TO GET STATEMENTING) 1
NO ADEQUATE DATA 4
NO FIGURES AVAILABLE 4
NO IDEA 10
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE 8
NO INFORMATION COLLATED ON WHICH TO ANSWER 7
NO INFORMATION TO HAND 3
NO REAL ACCOUNT TAKEN OF ONE-PARENT FAMILIES 3
NO RECOLDS HELD 4
NO STATISTICS AVAILABLE 2
NO SUCH INFORMATION WOULD EVER BE SOUGHT FROM PUPILS 4
NO WAY OF TELLING - MOST FATHERS (IF ANY) UNEMPLOYED 1
NOT A FIGURE THAT I CALCULATE 2
NOT ABLE TO ESTIMATE 1
NOT ALL PARENTS GIVE EMPLOYMENT DETAILS-DIFFERENCE IN NUMBERS ARE BECAUSE INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE. 1
NOT AVAILABLE BUT WHEN LAST MEASURED THE SCHOOL WAS FORMED BY A GOOD DISTRIBUTION CURVE OF SOCIO ECONOMICS GROUPING 5
NOT BASED ON STATISTICAL EVIDENCE 2
NOT COUNTING 'HOUSEWIVES' - 7 IN NUMBER ARMED FORCES 14 IN NUMBER 4
NOT KNOWN 23
NOT KNOWN - THE ESTIMATE WOULD BE PURE GUESSWORK WITH 1300 PUPILS I CANNOT GO THROUGH THE RECORDS. 5
NOT KNOWN 6% 5
NOT KNOWN AS WE KEEP NO RECORDS 3
NOT POSSIBLE 9
NOT POSSIBLE ASSES 3
NOT SURE WHERE TO PUT MINERS AND STEEL WORKERS 7
NOW HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A 25% RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN POCKETS OF THE CATCHMENT AREA 5
OCCUPATIONS OF PARENTS NOT RECORDED 3
OF THE GROUP SURVEYED 19% ARE SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES 5
OIL PLATFORM FABRICATION & RELATED ENGINEERING DOMINATES EMPLOYMENT 2
ONLY A ROUGH ESTIMATE! (MANY SINGLE PARENT CHILDREN) 3
ONLY VERY APPROXIMATE 2
ORIGINALLY WORKING CLASS ALL AREA - NOW COMMUTER BELT FOR NEARBY CONURBATION AND SOME NEW INDUSTRY 2
OTHER TWO GROUPS ONLY FRACTIONAL LARGE NUMBER OF SELF-EMPLOYED (TAXI DRIVERS FOR EXAMPLE) 1
OUR INTAKE IS VERY VARIED 4
OUR PUPILS LIVE IN AN URBAN AREA WHERE MINING AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY HAS GREATLY DECLINED 5
PERHAPS 5% UNEMPLOYED AT ANY GIVEN TIME ABOUT 20% SINGLE PARENT 2
PLEASE SEE REGISTRAR GENERALS FIGURES - WE TAKE IN A FAIR CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY 6
PLUS UNEMPLOYED 15% 1
PREDOMINANTLY SKILLED ARTISANS. 3
PROBABLY 15%-20% OF FATHERS ARE UNEMPLOYED 8
PROXIMITY TO BAC AND RR-MANY PARENTS EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRIES 1
PURE ESTIMATE 1
PURE GUESS! ALL I HAVE TIME FOR 5
PURE VALUELESS GUESSWORK. I HAVE NO INTENTION OF CHECKING. 5
REDUNDANCY CAUSES CHANGING OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE BUT NOT AS YET SOCIAL STRUCTURE 6
REFLECTED TRENDS IN BRADFORD WITH OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE WEIGHTED TO SKILLED MANUAL & SEMI SKILLED 4
REGRET INFORMATION UNAVAILABLE. 4
REMAINDER WITH MOTHER AS SINGLE PARENT/HOUSEWIFE WITH NO TRACE OF FATHER. PLEASE NOTE THAT AVERAGE PAY HERE IS WELL BELOW NATIONAL AVERAGE 4
REST PROBABLY UNEMPLOYED 4
RESULTS WOULD REPRESENT SHEER GUESS WORK 3
ROUGH ESTIMATE 9
ROUGH ESTIMATE ONLY 3
RURAL AREA 2
RURAL AREA - WITH A FEW FROM NEAREST TOWN 2
RURAL AREA BUT SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF PROFESSIONAL FOLKS. 6
RURAL SURBURBAN CATCHMENT PREDOMINANT WHITE COLLAR & SKILLED 4
RURAL WORKING CLASS CATCHMENT AREA - OCCUPATION GROUPS DO NOT COINCIDE WITH DESCRIPTIONS GIVEN WHICH ARE 'URBAN/SUBURBAN' 4
SCHOOL CATCHMENT AREA IS A HOLIDY RESORT OF SOME REPUTE 4
SCHOOL HEAVILY WEIGHTED TO PROFESSIONAL CLASSES 7
SCHOOL IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. 3
SCHOOL SERVES A RURAL AREA WITH FARMING COMMUNITY/A COMPACT MARKET TOWN POPULATION & THE DORMITORY AREA FOR PROF-CLASSES WORKING IN LARGER TOWNS AS 1
SEE ABOVE 8
SEE BELOW 8
SEE OVER 7
SEE Q28 4
SELF EMPLOYED 15% 6
SERVICE INDUSTRIES PREDOMINATE 9
SEVERAL PARENTS ARE IN THE ARMED FORCES 1
SHOP OWNERS? PRIVATE BUILDERS? I HAVE CLASSIFIED BOTH AS CLERICAL & WHITE COLLAR 1
SKILLED MANUAL FIGURE INCLUDES FARMERS AND ANCILLARY WORKERS IN AGRICULTURAL 3
SOME OF THE FATHERS ARE RETIRED TO THIS AREA 3
SOME PUPILS FINANCED BY LEA AS SPECIAL NEEDS PUPILS 1
SPECULATIVE 2
STATISTICS NOT KEPT 3
SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER IN CARING PROFESSION 1
THE ABOVE ASSUMES THEY ARE ALL IN EMPLOYMENT I HAVE USED THE FORMER EMPLOYMENT AS INDICATOR 4
THE ABOVE COULD IN INACCURATE 1
THE CATCHMENT AREA IS RURAL AND RESIDENTIAL WITH A HIGH PROPORTION OF PROFESSIONAL AND CLERICAL PARENTS 5
THE EXACT DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE FIRST TWO CATEGORIES IS DIFFICULT 1
THE PROFESSIONAL/MANAGERIAL GROUP WOULD BE ON LOWER LADDER 2
THE REST ARE UNEMPLOYED 1
THE SCHOOL IS AN INNER CITY SCHOOL WITH A VERY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT (25%+) & IS A PRIORITY AREA SCHOOL 3
THE SECOND ESTIMATE IS MORE LIKELY TO BE TRUE 1
THE VAST MAJORITY OF PARENTS FALL INTO SEMI-SKILLED/UNSKILLED MANUAL WORKERS WITH THE LATTER PREDOMINENT. IT MUST ALSO BE EMPHASISED THAT THERE IS 4
THERE ARE 1500+ CHILDREN HERE - POTENTIALLY 3000 PARENTS - GUESSES BASED ON KNOWLEDGE OF A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PARENTS WELL KNOWN WOULD BE MISLEADI 2
THERE ARE MORE AND MORE SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES. 5
THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF UMEMPLOYMENT IN THE AREA & PROBABLY 15% ARE OUT OF WORK AT ANY ONE TIME. 2
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO SUGGEST THAT THESE GUESSES HAVE ANY VALIDITY WHATSOEVER 2
THESE ARE VERY APPROX 5
THESE ESTIMATES CANNOT BE TAKEN AS RELIABLE AS FULL INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE 4
THESE FIGURES APPLY ONLY TO THE PRESENT S4 1
THESE FIGURES ARE PROBABLY MEANINGLESS A GUESS ON MY PART 1
THESE FIGURES ARE VERY APPROXIMATE. 8
THESE FIGURES ONLY RELATE TO THOSE IN EMPLOYMENT 2
THESE FIGURES WOULD REPRESENT AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW IN PRESENT EMPLOYMENT SITUATION. 3
THESE RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS SCHOOL. 5
THESE RESULTS ARE BASED ON A SURVEY OF ONE FORM TAKEN AT RANDOM. I HAVE NO REASON TO SUPPOSE THEY ARE ATYPICAL. 2
THIS CALCULATION IS BASED UPON PARENTS COMPLETING A FORM GIVING EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS 3
THIS FIGURE IS NOT ACCURATE 4
THIS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN - % BASED ON A RANDOM SAMPLE 2
THIS INFO NOT STORED ON FILES AFTER STRONG ANTIPATHY BY PARENTS/TEACHERS IN 1970'S 4
THIS INFORMATION IS NOT ASKED FOR ON APPLICATION TO THE SCHOOL THE %'S ABOVE ARE "GUESTIMATES" 4
THIS INFORMATION IS NOT EASILY EXTRACTED FROM OUR FILES. A GUESSTIMATE WOULD NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE 2
THIS INFORMATION IS NOT READILY RETRIEVABLE 2
THIS IS A A SUBURBAN AREA WITH HIGH EMPLOYMENT AND HIGH PROPERTY PRICES. 2
THIS IS A CRUDE ESTIMATE 5
THIS IS A FARMING COMMUNITY 1
THIS IS A GUESS RATHER THAN AN ESTIMATE 2
THIS IS A NEW TOWN WITH AN INCREASING SUPPLY OF OFFICE JOBS AND WORK IN SMALL ENGINEERING FIRMS 6
THIS IS A RURAL AREA BUT MANY COMMUTERS TO URBAN CENTRES & MANY ARE INVOLVED WITH NEARBY UNIVERSITY 3
THIS IS A SELF-CONTAINED TOWN BUT ALSO HAS GOOD LINKS WITH NEARBY CONURBATION 6
THIS IS A WILD GUESS 2
THIS IS ALMOST GUESSWORK - WE DO NOT RECORD SUCH INFORMATION 4
THIS IS AN AREA OF "HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT" GENERALLY. WIDE SPREAD OF INTAKE MEANS WIDE SPREAD OF OCCUPATIONS 3
THIS IS AN AREA OF IMMIGRATION AND OF HIGH EMPLOYMENT 6
THIS IS BASED ON A ROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE RECORD CARD OF DETAILS 6
THIS IS ENTIRELY BASED ON INFORMED GUESSWORK. WE DO NOT KEEP FIGURES 4
THIS IS GUESS WORK 3
THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSESS WITH ANY ACCURACY. 3
THIS IS IN GENERAL AN AFFLUENT AREA AS ALSO ARE THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES. SOME PARENTS WORK IN NEARBY CONURBATION IN PROFESSIONAL/MANAGERIAL/CLERI 2
THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT IS FILED ABOUT THE PUPILS AT THIS SCHOOL 4
THIS IS ONLY A ROUGH ESTIMATE 2
THIS IS TOTALLY IMPRESSIONISTIC 3
THIS IS VERY APPROXIMATE. WE DO NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION ON RECORD 3
THIS IS VERY MUCH A GUESS 4
THIS LEA HAS A LARGER THAN AVERAGE GROUP OF SEMI-SKILLED AND UNSKILLED MANUAL WORKERS 4
THIS REALLY GUESSWORK - BASED ON IMPRESSION AS MUCH AS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE. 6
THIS REALLY IS A GUESS 4
THIS REFLECTS THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL AREA 2
THIS WOULD BE POINTLESS GUESSWORK OR ELSE INVOLVE CONSIDERABLE EFFORT FOR WHICH THERE IS NO TIME 2
TO CALL THIS AN APPROXIMATION IS GROSSLY TO EXAGERATE ITS PROBABLE ACCURACY. 2
TOTAL RANGE/EVERYTHING FROM WIVES' REFUGE TO DON'S DAUGHTERS 3
UNABLE TO ANSWER 3
UNABLE TO COMMENT 5
UNABLE TO FULLY COMMENT 3
UNEMPLOYED 3
UNEMPLOYED 20% - AREA FROM WHICH SCHOOL DRAWS PUPILS IS PREDOMINANTLY "WORKING CLASS" 1
UNEMPLOYED-MANY HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD ARE OFTEN ONE-PARENT FAMILIES - UNMARRIED MOTHERS 5
UNEMPLOYMENT NOW ABOUT 20% 9
UNKNOWN 3
UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE 1
URBAN OVERSPILL EFFECT 7
V DIFFICULT 5
V DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY WITH NO MONEY UNEMPLOYED 8
V DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE WITHOUT A LOT OF TIME 2
VARIES. 1
VARIETY REFLECTS THE MARKED DIFFERENCES IN OUR CATCHMENT AREA 7
VERY APPROXIMATE 4
VERY APPROXIMATE "GUESSTIMATE". 2
VERY APPROXIMATE GUESSES 4
VERY APPRXIMATE FIGURES 5
VERY DIFFICULT TO ANSWER WITH CONFIDENCE 4
VERY DIFFICULT TO ASSESS BECAUSE OF RE-ORGANISATION LAST SEPTEMBER 1
VERY DIFFICULT TO ASSESS THE ABOVE % ARE A PURE GUESTIMATE. 1
VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE NUMBERS 1
VERY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3
VERY LITTLE IDEA ON THIS 1
VERY LOW IN FIRST CATEGORY. MORE IN SECOND. MOST IN THIRD. SLIGHTLY FEWER THAN THIRD CATEGORY IN FOURTH. 1
VERY MUCH A CLAN 2/3/4 ARE ON CENSUS CRITERIA 2
VERY MUCH A GUESS 11
VERY MUCH A GUESTIMATE 3
VERY MUCH AN APPROXIMATION 1
VERY MUCH IN PROFESSIONAL/CLERICAL/MANAGEMENT GROUP. CANNOT/WILL NOT ESTIMATE 2
VERY ROUGH AND UNRELIABLE ESTIMATES 1
VERY ROUGH APPROXIMATION 5
VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE 6
VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE NO TIME TO TRAWL THE RECORDS OF 1000 PUPILS 3
VERY ROUGH ESTIMATES 9
VERY RURAL AREA. WITH MAJOR RAF STATION IN CATCHMENT AREA 4
VERY RURAL CATCHMENT AREA 5
VERY UNREALIABLE.ABOUT 700 FATHERS FOR 1000 PUPILS 3
VERY VERY MUCH GUESSWORK 3
WE ARE FED BY A VERY MIDDLE CLASS AREA 6
WE DO NOT HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT 5
WE DO NOT KEEP RECORDS 2
WE FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE 2
WE HAVE A WIDE AND EQUAL RANGE - THIS HAS BEEN CHECKED BEFORE. 1
WE HAVE NO ACCURATE INFORMATION. A VERY ROUGH GUESS 3
WE HAVE NO DATA FOR QUITE A FEW AND OTHERS ARE SO VAGUE THEY WOULD MEAN ANYTHING 3
WE HAVE NO INFORMATION ON WHICH TO JUDGE THIS. 4
WE HAVE NO MEANINGFUL RECORDS AND HAVE NO WISH TO MAKE ENQUIRIES 1
WE HAVE NO RECORD OF THIS 1
WE HAVE NO RECORDS OF SUCH INFORMATION 2
WE HAVE NO WAY OF CHECKING 29 OR 30 OR 33 ACCURATELY. 3
WE HAVE TOP AND BOTOM THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE 4
WE NOW HAVE SOME UNEMPLOYED PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN CAN BE HELPED WITH ASSISTED PLACES (SEE BELOW) 6
WE SERVE A LARGE R.A.F. BASE. 1
YEAR 3-5 (SEE Q28 ABOVE) 1ST 2 GROUPS LESS WELL REPRESENTED 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