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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablehtq7_a
LabelQ7 Of teaching staff leaving at year-end: how many retiring
Question text How many of these [staff leaving at end of school year] will be... retiring/taking early retirement?
Responses
0 432
1 1423
2 967
3 315
4 125
5 25
6 16
7 5
Sysmiss 1284
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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