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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000

Variable Details

Variableedqsub
Label1st GCSE: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCSE O Level in?
Responses
0 10
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 9
ACCOUCNTS 1
ACCOUNTING 3
ACCOUNTS 3
ARITHMAETIC 1
ARITHMETIC 1
ART 18
ART AND DESIGN 1
Accountancy 1
Accounting 1
Accounts 1
Acounting 1
Art 6
Art & Design History 1
BIOL;OGY 1
BIOLOGY 7
BUISNESS STUDIES 1
BUSINESS STUDIES AND MATH 1
Biology 7
Business Studies 1
CHEMISTRY 8
CHILD CARE 1
CHILDCARE 1
CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION 1
CLASSICAL STUDIES 1
COMBINED ENGLISH 1
COMMERCIAL MATHS 1
COMMUNICATION GRADES 1
COMP STUDIES 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 4
COOKERY 3
CRAFT DESIGN AND TECHNOLO 1
Chemistry 5
Child care 1
Childcare 1
Commerce 1
Communication 1
Computer literacy 1
Computer studies 3
Cookery 2
Cooking 1
Criminal law 1
DANCE 1
DEsign and Technology 1
DISPLAY AND DESIGN 1
DRAMA 3
Design 1
Domestic sCIENCE 1
Drama 2
ECONOMICS 1
ELECTRONICS 1
ENG 3
ENG LANG 6
ENG LIT 7
ENG LITERATURE 1
ENG. LIT 1
ENG. LIT. 1
ENG.LANG 1
ENG.LIT 3
ENGL LANG 1
ENGLAISH LANG 1
ENGLINSH 1
ENGLISH 52
ENGLISH COMBINED 1
ENGLISH LAN 3
ENGLISH LANG 17
ENGLISH LANG. 4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 18
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITE 1
ENGLISH LIT 12
ENGLISH LIT. 1
ENGLISH LITERATUR 1
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2
ENLGISH LANG 1
ENLISH LANGUAGE 1
ENNGLISH LIT 1
Electronics 1
Eng Lang 3
Eng Literature 1
Eng lag 1
Eng lang 1
Eng lit 1
Eng. Lan 1
Eng. Lang 1
Eng.Lit. 1
Eng.language 1
English 42
English LANGUAGE 1
English Lang 5
English Lang. 1
English Language 30
English Lasng 1
English Lit 6
English Lit. 1
English Literature 5
English lang 4
English lang. 2
English language 13
English language ge 1
English lit 1
FAMILY CENTERED STUDIES 1
FRENCH 12
FRENCH STUDIES 1
French 7
GEOGRAPHY 8
GEOLOGY 1
GERMAN 2
GOVERNMENT STUDIES 1
GREEK 1
Geography 5
Geology 2
German 1
Gography 1
Graphics 1
HEALTH SCIENCE 1
HISTORY 11
HISTORY OF ART 1
HUMAN BIOGLY 1
HUMAN BIOLOGY 4
HUMANITIES 1
History 9
Home Economics 3
Home economics 1
Human Biology 4
Human physiology 1
IT 1
ITALIAN 2
Italian 1
LAW 6
Law in Society 1
MATH 1
MATHAMATICS 1
MATHEMATICS 5
MATHMATICS 1
MATHS 99
MATHS. 1
METAL WORK 2
MUSIC 2
Mathematics 7
Maths 74
Music 1
NIL 1
No other 1
OFFICE SKILLS 1
Only one obtained. 1
PARENTCRAFT 1
PE 3
PHOTOGRAPHY 2
PHYSIC 1
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2
PHYSICS 6
PORTUGUESE 1
POTTERY 1
PSYCOLOGY 3
Photography 2
Physics 5
Psychology 4
Psycology 1
R.E. 2
RELIGIOUS EDUC. 1
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1
RSA 1
Religion 1
Religious education 2
Russian 1
SOCIOLOGY 3
SOCIOLOGY1 1
SPANISH 2
Sociology 4
Spanish 6
TECH. DRAWING 1
TECHNICAL DRAWING 2
TECHNICAL GRAPHICS 1
TEXTILES 1
TYPING 1
Technical Communications 1
Technical Drawing 1
Urdu 1
WOODWORK 1
WOODWORK AND FABRICATION 1
Welsh 1
Woodwork 1
accountancy 4
accounting 6
accounts 7
ancient greek 1
archaelogy 1
arithmatic 2
arithmetic 1
art 20
art and design 1
biol 1
biology 14
business studies 2
cOMPOUTER STUDIES 1
chamistry 1
chemistry 10
chemisty 1
chemitryst 1
chenistry 1
child care 1
child phisiology 1
child psychology 2
childcare 1
classical studies 1
commerce 4
computer studies 2
computers 1
computor studies 1
cookery 2
design and drawing 1
drama 4
economics 2
electronics 2
eng 4
eng lan 1
eng lang 11
eng language 1
eng lit 4
eng.lan. 1
eng.lit. 1
engilsh 1
engilsh lang 1
engineering 2
engish 1
engish language 1
englis h oral 1
englisg 1
english 99
english Lit 1
english lan 2
english land 1
english lang 35
english lang. 2
english languae 1
english language 61
english language and lite 1
english lit 24
english literature 10
english literature. 1
english,oral,communicatio 1
englishliterature 1
environmental science 2
euopean studies 1
fine art 1
food and nutrician 1
french 9
geography 24
geology 2
german 3
govt. and politics 1
graphic desing 1
graphical communication 1
graphical communication/t 1
history 19
history of government and 1
home economics 6
human biology 7
human physiology 2
integrated humanities 1
integrated science 1
intergrated humanties 1
italian 2
latin 3
law 9
mATHS 2
math 3
matha 1
mathamatics 1
mathematics 1
mathmatics 1
maths 180
maths english geog 1
media studies 1
metal & engineering 1
metalwork 4
motor vehicle craft 1
motor vehicle studies 1
music 5
music english 1
needle work 1
needlecraft 1
needlework 3
no other 1
none 2
none sorry. 1
office studies 1
office technology 1
photography 1
photography and graphics 1
physchology 1
physic 1
physical education 1
physics 14
political history 1
politics 1
pshchology 1
psychology 10
psycology 2
religeous education 1
rural science 1
russian 1
s 1
science 3
secretarial course 1
sociology 7
spanish 3
sports studies 1
technical drawing 2
textiles 1
typing 3
urban studies 1
urdu 1
welfareand social science 1
welsh 2
welsh language 1
woodwork 6
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000
Interviewer InstructionsENTER EACH SUBJECT IN TURN.
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: The original BCS70 sample included all children born in one week in 1970 in the United Kingdom, but waves beyond the initial birth survey have generally only included Great Britain.
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort
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