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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub7
Label7th GCSE: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCSE O Level in?
Responses
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 8
ART 6
BIOLOGY 11
BUSINESS ORGANISATION 1
BUSINESS STUDIES 1
Bilogy 1
Biology 3
CDT 1
CHEMISTRY 5
CHILD CARE 1
CHISMTRY 1
CLASSIC STUDIES 1
COMPUTER SCIENCE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 2
COOKERY 2
Chemistry 6
Community Studies 1
Computer Studies 1
DESIGN 1
DK 1
DRAMA 1
ENG LIT 1
ENG/LIT 1
ENGLISH LANG 2
ENGLISH LANG AND LIT 1
ENGLISH LIT 2
ENLISH LANG 1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 1
Economics 2
Eng. Lit. 1
English Language 2
English Lit. 1
Englisyh Literature 1
European Studies 1
FRENCH 4
Food & Nutrition 1
French 4
GAELIC 1
GEOG 1
GEOGRAPHY 7
GERMAN 5
GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATION 1
General Studies 1
Geography 5
Geology 2
Geometrical and Mechanica 1
German 2
Goegraphy 1
HISTORY 7
HOME ECONOMICS 3
HUMAN AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY 1
HUMAN BIOLOGY 1
HUMAN ITIES 1
HUMANITIES 1
History 5
LATIN 1
LAW 1
MATHS 2
METAL WORK 1
MUSIC 1
Maths 5
Media studies 1
Metalwork 1
NEEDLE WORK 1
PHYSCOLOGY 1
PHYSICAL EDUCATIO 1
PHYSICS 10
Physics 4
Psychology 2
R.E. 1
R.S.A stage 1 2 1
RE 2
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. 1
Religious Studies 1
SOCIOLOGY 1
SPANISH 2
Science Technology in soc 1
Sciences 1
TECH. DRAWING 1
TECHINCAL DRAWING 1
Tech Drawing 1
WELSH LANG 1
WOODWORK 1
Woodwork 3
accounting 1
art 6
bilogy 1
biology 11
biology] 1
chem 2
chemistry 3
chemostry 1
child care & developmt 1
child development 1
childcare 1
communications 1
comp studies 1
computer studies 4
computing 2
cookery /nutrition 1
design 1
designe 1
drama 1
economics 1
electronics 1
eng lang 1
eng lit 1
englis lang h 1
english lang 1
english language 5
english lit 4
english literature 3
environmental studies 1
french 15
french studies 1
further maths 1
geography 8
german 5
government and politics 1
graphical communication 1
history 10
home economics 3
hopme econopics 1
humanities 2
latin 2
maths 13
media studies 1
metalwork 1
office practice 1
parentcraft 1
phyivs 1
phys ed 1
physical education 2
physics 4
r.e. 2
religion 1
religious knowledge 1
religious studies 1
religous education 1
science 2
secretarial 1
social studies 1
sociaology 1
sociology 1
spanish 1
statistics 1
technology 1
textiles 1
typing 2
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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