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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablehtq6c_1
LabelQ6c Total Number of Probationary Teachers
Question text Would you mind giving the following details about the teaching staff as at the beginning of the Spring term 1986... number of teachers on scaled or equivalent posts - probationers?
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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