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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub8
Label8th GCSE: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCSE O Level in?
Responses
#child care 1
0 1
00 1
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 12
ART 3
ART 3 D DESIGN 1
Art 1
BIOLOGY 7
BOOKKEEPING 1
BUSINESS STUDY 1
Biology 3
CHEM 1
CHEMISTRY 3
CHILD CARE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 3
COOKERY 1
CRAFT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 1
Chemistry 5
Chemmystry 1
Computerr studies 1
DK 1
DRAMA 1
ECONOMICS 1
ENG LIT 1
ENG LITERATURE 1
English Language b 1
English Lit. 1
English language 1
English literature 1
FOOD & NUTRITION 1
FRENCH 5
French 4
GEOGERY 1
GEOGRAPHY 2
GERMAN 1
Gen Science 1
General studies 1
Geography 1
German 2
HISTORY 4
HOME ECONOMICS 2
History 3
Home economics 1
LATIN 1
MATHS 2
METALWORK 1
MUSIC 1
Maths 1
Metal Work 1
Music 1
NEEDLECRAFT 1
Needlework 1
OFFICE PRACTICE 1
P.E 1
PE 2
PHYSIC 1
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1
PHYSICS 2
PYHSICS 1
Physics 6
Psychology 1
R.E. 1
RE 4
RELIGOUS ED 1
Religious education 1
SCIENCE 1
SOCIOLOGY 1
Sociology 2
Statistics 1
TECH DRAWING 2
TECHNICAL DRAWING 3
Typing 1
WELSH LIT 1
Welsh Lit. 1
accounts 1
art 6
biology 4
bioloy 1
chem 1
chemistry 9
combined science 1
computer studies 2
economics 1
eng 1
eng literature 1
english 2
english lit 1
english language 1
english lit 3
english literature 2
french 5
general paper 1
geography 8
german 1
graphical communication 1
greek 1
history 9
human biology 2
indutrial society 1
law 1
maths 4
office practice 1
physics 4
pshycology 1
psychology 1
psycology 1
r.e 1
re 1
religious educ 1
religious education 2
science 2 1
sec. studies 1
social studies 1
statistics 1
tec drawing 1
technical drawing 2
theatre arts 1
typing 4
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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