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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub3
Label3rd GCSE: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCSE O Level in?
Responses
0 1
00 1
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 5
ACCOUNTS 1
APPLIED BIOLOGY 1
ARITH 1
ARITHMATIC 1
ART 13
ART & DESIGN 1
ART HISTORY 1
Applied science 1
Art 7
BIOL 1
BIOLOGY 15
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 1
BUSINESS STUDIES 4
Biology 12
Busines and information S 1
Business Studies 1
Business studies 1
CDT DESIGN AND COMMUNICAT 1
CHE,MISTRY 1
CHEMISTRY 4
CHILD CARE 3
CHILDCARE 1
CLASSICAL STUDIES 1
COMMERCE 3
COMMUNICATION 1
COMPUTER SSTUIDEIS 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 2
CRAFTS 1
Chemistry 3
Child development. 1
Chmistry 1
Commerce 2
Computer studies 1
Computer studies. 1
Computers. 1
Computor studies 1
Computors 1
DOMESTIC SCIENCE 1
DRAWING 1
Design and Technology 1
Drama 1
ECONOMICAL STUDIES 1
ENG LANG 2
ENG LIT 4
ENG LIT, 1
ENGLISH 6
ENGLISH LANG 8
ENGLISH LANG. 1
ENGLISH LANGAGE 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 8
ENGLISH LIT 12
ENGLISH LIT. 2
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2
ENGLISH LIUT 1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 2
Ecconomics 1
Economic and Public 1
Electronics 1
Eng Lit 3
English 6
English Lang 1
English Language 5
English Lit 5
English Lit. 1
English Literature 3
English Litereature 1
English language 5
English lit 1
English literature 3
FINANCE 1
FOOD AND NUTRITION 1
FOUNDATION DESIGN 1
FRENCH 15
Food & Nutrition 1
French 6
GENERAL STUDIES 1
GEOG. 1
GEOGEOGY 1
GEOGRAPHY 12
GERMAN 5
GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS 1
Geography 14
Geogrphy 1
German 3
HE 1
HISTORY 16
HOME ECONOMIC 1
HOME ECONOMICS 3
HOUSECRAFT 1
HUMAN BIOLOGY 4
History 11
Home Economics 3
Home economics 1
Human biology 1
INDUSTRY AND SOCIETY 1
Information Technology 1
Integrated Science A 1
LAW 1
Law 3
MATH 1
MATHEMATICS 1
MATHS 34
METAL WORK 1
MODERN STUDIES 1
MUSIC 2
Maths 31
Maths. 1
NEEDLE WORK 1
Needlework 1
OFFICE PRACTICE AND TYKKP 1
Office skills 1
PHSYCOLOGY 1
PHYSICOLOGY 1
PHYSICS 10
PHYSICS WITH CHEMISTRY 1
PSYCHOLOGY 1
Physics 11
Physiology and health 1
Politics 1
RE 4
RURAL SCIENCE 1
Religious Knowledge 1
SCIENCE 4
SOCIAL STUDIES 1
SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCI 1
SOCIOLGY 1
SOCIOLOGY 2
SPANISH 1
SURVEYING 1
Science 2
Sciences 1
Social Studies 1
Socialogy 1
Sociology 6
TECH. DRAWING 1
TECHNICAL DRAWING 1
TECNICCAL DRAWING 1
Technical Graphics 1
Technical drawing 1
Typing 1
Urdu 1
WELFARE IN SOCIETY 1
WELSH 1
WOODWORK 3
WORD PROCESSING 1
Welsh 1
aRT 1
accounts 2
acountancy 1
arith 1
arithmatic 1
arithmetic 2
art 11
art and design 1
bengali 1
biol 1
biolagy 1
biology 25
bioology 1
bioplogy 1
business study 1
car mechanics 1
ceramics 1
chemisry 1
chemistry 19
child care 3
childcare 2
city and guilds 1
commerce 2
communiocation skills 1
computer studies 5
computer studies home ecm 1
computing 1
compyter studies 1
cookery 3
ditto 1
domestic science 1
double science 1
drama 6
ecomnomics 1
ecomonics 1
economics 1
eng lang 7
eng lit 3
eng literature 1
eng written 1
eng. lang 1
eng.lit 1
english 18
english lan 1
english lan-lit 1
english lang 8
english lang. 1
english languace 1
english language 9
english lit 10
english lit. 1
english literature 8
english liy 1
english lng 1
environmental science 1
environmental studies 2
food and nutrition 1
french 19
french' 1
geog 3
geog. 1
geography 37
geography' 2
german 2
graphical communication 1
hist 1
history 31
history engloish 1
home econ 1
home econimcs 1
home economics 11
huaman biology 1
human biology 8
human bioloogy 1
human biuoilogy 1
latin 1
law 2
life skills 1
matha 1
mathematics 4
maths 66
metalwork 1
meteorology 1
modern studies 1
music 2
none 2
office studies 1
ooo 1
p e 1
p.e. 1
phscology 1
physical education 1
physics 23
psychology 2
psycology 1
pyhsics 1
pyscology 1
re 1
rel ed 1
religious educ 1
religious education 2
religious studies 1
rual studies 1
rural science 1
science 12
science and technology 1
social studies 3
socila studies 1
sociology 7
sociology, 1
statistics 1
tech drawing 2
technical drawing 3
textile design 1
typing 4
woodwork 4
workshop practice 1
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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