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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub6
Label6th GCSE: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCSE O Level in?
Responses
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 8
ARITHMETIC 1
ART 3
AUTO ENGINEERING 1
BIOLOGY 10
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 1
Biology 11
Business Studies 1
CATERING 1
CDT 1
CHEMISRTY 1
CHEMISTRY 11
CHILDCARE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 2
COOKERY 1
CRAFR,DESIGN,TECHNOLOGY 1
Chemistry 7
Child Care 1
Combined science 1
Commerce 1
Computer Sttudies 1
Cookery 1
DECISION MAKING AND SOCIA 1
DESIGNER TECHNOLOGY 1
DRESS 1
Design 1
Design studies 1
Domestic Science 1
ELECTRONICS 2
ENG LAN 1
ENG LIT 2
ENGLIAH LITERATURE 1
ENGLISH LANG 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1
ENGLISH LIT 1
ENGLISH LITERATURE 3
Ecnomic& Commerce 1
Eng literature 1
English 1
English Lang 1
English Literatur 1
English Oral 1
English lit 1
English literature 1
FOOD/NUTRITION 1
FRENCH 8
French 9
GED 1
GEO 1
GEOG 1
GEOGRAOHY 1
GEOGRAPHY 12
GEOLOGY 1
GERMAN 3
GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS 1
Geography 7
Geology 2
German 3
HAIR AND BEAUTY 1
HIST 1
HISTORY 9
HOME ECONOMICS 2
HUMAN BIOLOGY 1
History 10
Home Economics 1
Human Biology 1
Law in society 1
MATHS 9
METALWORK 2
Mathamatic 1 1
Maths 8
Metal Work. 1
Metal work 1
Metalwork 1
OUTDOOR PURSIIIITS 1
P E business studies 1
P.E. 1
PE 1
PHYSCOLOGY 2
PHYSICS 15
Physics 2
Pottery 1
R E 1
R.E. 1
RE 2
RELIGION 1
RURAL SCIENCE 1
RUSSIAN 1
Religious Studies 2
SCIENCE 2
SCIENCE II 1
SOCIOLOGY 2
SPANISH 1
TEXTILES 1
THEATRE STUDIES 1
TRAFFIC ECUCATION 1
TYPEWRITING 1
Technical Drawing 1
Typing 1
WOODWORK 2
Woodwork 1
accountancy 1
accounts 1
art 11
biological science 2
biology 15
business studies 2
chem 1
chemistry 13
child care 1
child psychology 1
child psycology 1
child study 1
childcare 3
citizanship 1
commerce 1
commercial studies 1
community care 1
computer studies 1
computers 1
cooking 1
craft design technology 1
design technology 1
drama 4
economics 1
eng 1
eng lan 1
english 4
english language 1
english lit 1
english lan 1
english lang 3
english lang. 1
english language 3
english lit 1
english lit. 1
english literature 6
european studies 1
fRENCH 1
french 14
galic 1
gen studies 1
geogography 1
geography 13
german 2
history 19
home craft 1
home economic 1
home economics 4
hone economics 1
human biology 5
humanities 2 1
latin 1
mathematics 2
maths 9
metal work 1
metalwork 1
music 2
needle craft 1
needlework 2
nursing 1
performing arts 1
photography 1
physical education 1
physics 12
pottery 1
psychology 1
r.e 2
r.e. 1
re 1
religious ed 1
religious education 1
rural studies 1
russian 1
science 3
science and technology 1
secretary studies 1
socialogy 1
sociology 4
sport 1
statistics 2
tech drawing 1
technical drawing 4
technical graphics 1
technical wood 1
technology 2
typing 5
woodwork 2
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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