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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub4
Label4th GCSE: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCSE O Level in?
Responses
#FRENCH 1
'SOCIAL STUDIES 1
0 1
00 1
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 7
ART 10
ART DESIGHN 1
AUDIO TYPIST 1
Accounts 1
Art 5
BIOL 1
BIOLOGY 14
BIOLOGY BIOLOGY ART FRENC 1
BIOLOGY GEOGRAPHY 1
BUISINESS COMPUTING 1
BUSINESS STUDIES 1
Biology 12
Business Studies 3
CHEM 1
CHEMISTRY 12
CHILDCARE 1
CHIMSTRY 1
COMMERCE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 3
COMPUTERS 1
Ceramics 1
Chemistry 5
Child development 1
Childcare 3
Commerce 2
Computer Studies 1
Cookery 2
DESIGN 1
DESIGN AND CRAFT METALWOR 1
DRAMA 3
Design & Technical Qualif 1
ENG LANG 2
ENGINEERING DRAWING 1
ENGLISH 5
ENGLISH GENERAL 1
ENGLISH LAN 2
ENGLISH LANG 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1
ENGLISH LIT 2
ENGLISH LITERATURE 2
ENGLISHH 1
ENGLISN LITERRATURE 1
Eng. lit. 1
English 4
English Language 6
English Literature 1
English lit. 1
English literature 1
Englsih Language 1
Environmental science 1
FRENCH 13
French 9
GENERAL SIENCE 1
GEOGRAPHY 21
GEOLOGY 1
GEOMETRICAL DRAWING 1
GERMAN 7
GOVERMENT 1
General Science 1
Geography 16
German 1
Government and Politics 1
Graphic Design 1
HEALTH STUDIES 1
HISTORY 18
HOME EC 1
HOME ECONOMICS 3
HUMAN BIOLOGY 2
History 14
History. 1
Home Economics 3
Home economics 1
Human Biology 3
Human biology 1
INFORMATION STUDIES 1
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1
IT 1
Integrated Science B 1
LAW 1
MATH 2
MATHS 13
MUSIC 1
Maths 10
Maths. 1
Needlework 2
P/E 1
PHISYICS 1
PHOTOGRAPHY 1
PHSYCOLOGY 1
PHYCIS 1
PHYSICS 10
POTTERY 1
Physics 10
Psychology 1
RE 4
REL EDUCATION 1
RELIGION 2
RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONS 1
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1
RELIGOIOUS 1
RURAL SCIENCE 1
RURAL STUDIES 1
Religious Education 2
Religious Studies 1
Religious eduction 1
SCIENCE 3
SCIENCE 1 1
SOCIAL STUDIES 2
SOCIOLOGY 4
STASTITICS 1
Science 3
Social Studies 1
Social studies 2
Sociology 2
Spanish 2
TECHNICAL DRAWING 3
TECHNICAL STUDIES 1
TEXTILES 1
THEATRE STUDIES 1
TYPING 2
Technical Drawing 1
Typing 1
URDU 1
VEHICLE MAINTAINENCE 1
WOODWORK 3
Woodwork 2
accounting 1
accounts 1
agricultural science 1
arithmetic 1
art 16
art and design 1
art textiles 1
biology 16
business studies 2
cdt 1
chem 1
chemistry 16
child care 1
childcare 1
classical studies 1
combined science 2
commerce 9
community studies 1
computer studies 7
computers 1
computing 1
computrt studies 1
cookery 4
cooking 1
craft and design 1
dance 1
des technology 1
design and technology 1
design studies 1
drama 4
eNGLISH lANGUAGE 1
economics 2
electronics 1
eng.lang 1
engineering 1
engineering science 1
engineering workshop theo 1
enginereringnscience 1
english 8
english lit 1
english lang 4
english language 11
english lit 8
english literature 4
food and nutritiion 1
food and nutrition 1
french 16
general maritime knowledg 1
general science 1
geog 6
geography 26
geograpphy 1
geograpy 1
geogtaphy 1
geometric engineering 1
german 4
history 32
home economic 3
home economics 18
home econonics 1
homr economics 1
human biology 6
humnan biology 1
information technology 1
islamic teaching 1
latin 1
liberal studies 1
manufacturing technology 1
math 2
maths 35
media 1
media studies 1
metalwork 4
modern history 1
motor vehicle technology 1
music 2
needlecraft 2
needlework 3
oooo 1
p yscol 1
p.e 1
phyisics 1
physical education 1
physical scientce 1
physics 16
pottery 1
pschology 1
psychology 2
r e 1
re 1
religious education 4
religious studies 1
rual science 1
rural science 1
sciemce 1
science 7
science at work 1
scinece1 1
sewing 1
social science 1
social studies 3
socilogy1 1
sociology 7
tech drawing 1
technical drawing 2
technology 2
technology metal work 1
typing 2
welsh 1
welsh lit 1
woodwork 8
woodwork, craft design 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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