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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub2
Label2nd GCSE: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCSE O Level in?
Responses
....lan. 1
0 1
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 9
ACCOUNTANCY 1
ACCOUNTS 1
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING 1
ARITHMATIC 1
ARITHMETIC 1
ART 5
Addtional Maths 1
Art 9
BIOLOGY 18
BUSINESS STUDIES 3
Biology 6
CDT DESIGN AND REALISATIO 1
CHAMISTRY 1
CHEMISTRY 5
CHIL CARE 1
CLASSICS 1
COMMERCE 2
COMUNICATIONS IN BUSINESS 1
CRAFT AND SESIGN 1
CSEPE 1
Ceramics 1
Chemistry 3
Child Care 1
Child Psychology 1
Commercial Studies 1
Communication Studies 1
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 1
DRAMA 2
Drama 1
Drama & Theatre Arts 1
ECONOMICS 1
ENG 1
ENG LANG 5
ENG LIT 8
ENG. LANG. 1
ENG. LANGUAGE 1
ENG.LAN 1
ENG.LANG 1
ENG.LANG. 1
ENG.LANGUAge 1
ENGILSH 1
ENGLISH 46
ENGLISH LAN 1
ENGLISH LANG 19
ENGLISH LANG AND LIT 1
ENGLISH LANG. 2
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 12
ENGLISH LANGUAGEL 1
ENGLISH LIT 10
ENGLISH LITERATURE 11
ENGLISH LT 1
ENGLISH STUDIES 1
ENLISH LIT 2
EUROPEAN STUDIES 1
Ebglish iterature 1
Economics 1
Eglish 1
Eng Lit 2
Eng lang 2
Eng lit 1
Eng. Lang. 1
Eng. Lit. 1
Eng.LIt 1
Eng.Lan. 1
Englih 1
Englis lit. 1
English 27
English Lang 10
English Lang. 1
English Language 13
English Lit 6
English Lit. 2
English Literature 9
English LiteratureBiology 1
English lang 2
English language 7
English lanuage 1
English lit 4
English lit. 1
English literature 5
Englishn Literature 1
Environmental Studies 1
FOOD STUDIES 1
FRENCH 6
FRENCH STUDIES 1
French 5
French studies 1
GEOG 1
GEOGRAPHY 9
GEOLOGY 2
GERMAN 1
GERMANY 1
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS 1
General Science 1
General science 1
Geography 4
Geology 1
German 2
Graplhics 1
HISTORY 7
HOME ECONIMICS 1
HOME ECONOMICS 1
HUMAN BIOLOGY 4
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 1
HUMMANITIES 1
HUMNA AHEALTH AND PSCOLOG 1
History 5
History of Nursing/Medici 1
Human Biology 1
Human biolog6y 1
Joinery and woodwork 1
LAW AND SOCIETY 1
Law 1
MAATAHS 1
MATHEMATICS 1
MATHS 53
MATHS. 1
MEDIA STUDIES 1
METAL WORK 1
METALWORK 2
MODERN AND COMTEPARY DANC 1
Math 1
Mathematics 3
Maths 39
Maths b 1
Modern history 1
PARENTCRAFT 1
PE 1
PHYSCOLOGY 1
PHYSIC'S 1
PHYSICS 8
PHYSIOLOGY 1
PSYCHOLOGY 2
PYSCHOLOGY 1
Physical education 1
Physics 6
Psychology 2
Psycology 1
RE 2
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2
SOCIOLOGY 4
SOCIOLOGY,PUNJABI, 1
Science in Society 1
Secretarial Studies 2
Socailogy 1
Social biology 1
Sociology 4
Socology 1
TECH DRAW 1
TECH DRAWING 2
TECH. DRAWING 1
TEXTILES 1
THEATRE STUDIES 1
Tech. drawing 1
Technical Drawing 1
Technical drawing 1
Technology 1
Typing 2
URDU 1
WELSH 1
WOODWORK 3
Woodwork 3
accountancy 1
accounting 2
accounts 2
arithmatic 1
arithmetic 1
art 9
art photography 1
biology 17
business studies 3
chemistry 17
child care 3
childcare 1
combined science 1
commerce 2
commerial studies 1
computer studies 2
computers 1
computor studies 1
cookery 1
design 1
ditto 1
economics 4
electronics 2
elglish language 1
eng 1
eng lang 1
eng land 1
eng lang 10
eng lit 12
eng literature 1
eng.lang 1
engilsh 1
englis litterature 1
english 63
english /- 1
english and maths 1
english laNG 1
english laguage 1
english lan 3
english lang 23
english lang.and lit. 1
english language 28
english lit 30
english lit. 2
english literATURE 1
english literature 20
english oral 1
englkish lang 1
enlg lit 1
enlish language 1
enlish literature 1
environmental studies 1
film studies 1
food and nutrition 1
french 11
general science 1
general studies 1
geog 1
geograghy 1
geography 12
geology 2
german 1
govt economics 1
hist 1
history 17
home ecconomics 1
home ecoinomics 1
home economics 5
human biolgy 1
human biology 5
latin 1
law 4
math 2
mathematics 2
maths 129
maths 1 1
maths or english 1
mechanics 1
media studies 1
metalwork 4
motor vehicle engineering 1
nursing studies 1
phisics 1
photgraphy 1
physical education 1
physics 25
physics/ 1
politics and government 1
psychology 4
pyhsics 1
re 1
relidgious ed 1
religiouds studies 1
religous studies 1
science 6
science and technology 1
sculpture 1
secretarial studies 1
social science 1
socioligy 1
sociology 6
socuiology 1
spanish 1
tEXTILES 1
tech drawing 1
technical drawing 3
technical engineering 1
that is all 1
typing 1
wORD pROPCESSING 1
welfare in society 1
welsh 3
welsh literature 1
woodwork 4
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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