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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub17
Label2nd GCE O Level: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCE O Level in?
Responses
..... lan. 1
/english Language 1
00 1
20th century history 1
9999999999999999999999999 9
ACCOUNTS 1
ADD. MATHS 1
ADDITIONAL MATHS 4
ADV. MATHS 1
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE 2
AMATHS 1
APPLY MATHS 1
ARITH 7
ARITHMATIC 8
ARITHMETIC 20
ART 31
ART & DESIGN 1
ART AND DESIGN 1
Additional Maths 1
Additional maths 1
Adv. O lev maths 1
Advanced maths 1
Arithmetic 2
Art 35
Art & Design 1
Arthimetic 1
BIALOGOY 1
BIOGLOY 1
BIOLGY 1
BIOLOGY 34
BUSINESS STUDIES 2
Biiology 1
Biological studies 1
Biology 37
Book Keeping 1
C D T 1
CDT 2
CDT-Design 1
CHEM 1
CHEMISTERY 1
CHEMISTRY 26
CHENISTRY 1
CHILD CARE 3
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 1
CLASSICS 1
COMBINED ENGLISH 1
COMMERCE 5
COMMUNICATIONS 1
COMP STUDIES 1
COMPUTER SCIENCE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 12
COMPUTERS 1
COMPUTERS AND STATISTICS 1
COMPUTING 2
CONTROL TECHNOLOGY 1
COOKERY 5
COOKING HOME ECONOMICS 1
CRAFT AND DESIGHN 1
CRAFT AND DESIGN 2
CRAFT DESIGN 1
CRAFT DESIGN AND TECHNOLO 1
CRAFT DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 1
Ceramics 1
Chemistery 1
Chemistry 32
Child care 1
Classical Studies 1
Comerce 1
Commerce 3
Commmerece 1
Computer Studies 1
Computer studies 2
Computing 1
Craft design tech. 1
DESIGN 1
DESIGN AND CRAFT METALWOR 1
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 2
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 1
DEsign 1
DK 1
DOMESTIC SCIENCE 1
DRAMA 4
DRAMA AND THEATRE 1
Dance 1
Design 2
Design & technology 1
Design Technology 1
Design and Technology 2
Design/Technology 1
Drama 5
Dress.Fashion 1
Dressmaking 1
ECONOMICS 4
EEE 1
EEnglish Lang 1
EGGLISH LANG 1
EGLISH LIT 1
ENG LAND 1
ENG LANG 45
ENG LANGUAGE 3
ENG LIT 54
ENG LITERATURE 1
ENG LNAG 1
ENG literature 1
ENG. 1
ENG. LANG 1
ENG. LIT 2
ENG. LIT. 1
ENG.LAN. 1
ENG.LANG 2
ENG.LANG. 1
ENG.LIT 5
ENG.LIYT 1
ENG.lit. 1
ENG/ LIT 1
ENGHLISH 1
ENGINEERING 1
ENGINEERING DRAWING 1
ENGKISH LITERATURE 1
ENGL. LANGUAGE 1
ENGLI LIT 1
ENGLIKSH LITERATURRE 1
ENGLINSH (WRITTEN) 1
ENGLISH 90
ENGLISH LIT 2
ENGLISH ;ANGUAGE 1
ENGLISH L;ITERATURE 1
ENGLISH LAG 2
ENGLISH LAN 5
ENGLISH LAND 1
ENGLISH LANG 82
ENGLISH LANG. 6
ENGLISH LANGUAAGE 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 95
ENGLISH LAW 1
ENGLISH LIT 101
ENGLISH LIT. 17
ENGLISH LITERAQTURE 1
ENGLISH LITERATURE 93
ENGLISH LITERATURER 1
ENGLISH LITERAUTURE 1
ENGLISH LITERTURA 3
ENGLISH. LIT 1
ENGLISHN LIT 1
ENGLISSH LITERATURE 1
ENGLIT 1
ENGLOISH LIT 1
ENGLOISH OLANGUAGE 1
ENL. LIT. 1
ENLISH LANG 2
ENLISH LIT 2
EUROPEAN STUDIES 1
Economics 2
Egnlish Lang 1
Emglish language 1
Eng 1
Eng Comp 1
Eng LANGUAGE 1
Eng Lan 1
Eng Lang 5
Eng Lang. 1
Eng Lit 14
Eng Literature 1
Eng lan. 1
Eng lang 11
Eng language 1
Eng lit 4
Eng literature 1
Eng. Lan 1
Eng. Lang 6
Eng. Lang. 4
Eng. Lit 3
Eng. Lit. 4
Eng. lit 2
Eng.Lang 2
Eng.Lang. 1
Eng.Language 2
Eng.Lit 1
Eng.lang 1
Eng.lit 1
Engineering Science 1
Engkish Lang 1
Englis Lit. 1
Englisah languAGE 1
English 55
English LANGUAGA 1
English LIt. 1
English LIterature 1
English Lan. 1
English Lang 31
English Lang. 5
English Lang/Lit 1
English Language 88
English Language. 1
English Languagr 1
English Lilt 1
English Lit 26
English Lit. 15
English Literatur 1
English Literature 70
English Litterature 1
English laguage 1
English lan 2
English lang 23
English lang. 8
English langage 1
English language 30
English lanuage 1
English lit 16
English lit. 12
English lit1 1
English literature 29
English nLit 1
English/LIT 1
Englishd 1
Englkish |media 1
Enlgish Lit 1
Enlish Language 1
FASHION AND FABRICS 1
FOOD AND NUTRITION 3
FRENCH 31
FURTHER MATHS 1
FURTHER SCIENCE 1
Food & Nutrition 1
Food and Nutrition 1
Food and nutrition 1
French 19
Further Maths 1
GENERAL STUDIES 2
GEOG 4
GEOGRAPHY 38
GEOGRAPHY, 1
GEOLOGY 2
GEPOGRAPHY B 1
GERMAN 6
GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS 1
GREEK LITERATURE 1
General Science 1
Geog 3
Geography 34
Geometrical and engineer 1
German 3
Graphical Communication 2
Graphics 1
HISORY 1
HISTORY 41
HOME ECCONOMICS 1
HOME ECOMICS 1
HOME ECONOMICS 5
HUMAN BIOLOGY 2
History 32
History. 1
Home Econmics 1
Home Economics 4
Home economics 1
Human Biology 1
Human biology 1
Humanities 2
INFORMATION STUDIES 1
INTEGRATED HUMANTIES 1
INTEGRATED SCIENCE 2 1
INTERGRATED HUMANITIES 1
Integrated Humanities 1
Integrated Science 2 1
LAW 1
Latin 2
Lit 1
MATH 4
MATHAS 1
MATHEMATICS 9
MATHS 168
MATHS ADDITIONAL 1
MEDIA STUDIES 1
METALWORK 3
METEOROLOGY 1
MODERN STUDIES 3
MUSIC 4
Maaths 1
Math 1
Mathematics 4
Maths 88
Maths A/O 1
Maths. 2
Metal work 2
Metalwork 3
Modern studies 1
Music 4
NEEDLEWORK 5
Needlework 1
PHISICS 1
PHOTOGRAPHY 2
PHUSICS 1
PHYS 1
PHYSIC 1
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1
PHYSICS 55
PHYSICS WITH CHEMISTRY 1
PHYSYICS 1
POLITICS 1
POTTERY 1
PSYCHOLOGY 1
PURE MATHS 1
PURE MATHS AND STATS 1
Physical education 1
Physical science 2
Physics 49
Physics. 1
R.E. 1
R/E 1
RE 6
REL EDUC 1
RELIGIOUS EDN 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 9
RWEL. ED. 1
Religeous studies 1
Religeous Education 1
Religion 1
Religious Education 1
Religious Studies 1
Religious ed 1
Religious knowledge 1
Religious studies 2
Religous education 1
Rnglish literature 1
SCIENCE 5
SCIENCE II 1
SECRETARIAL STUDIES 2
SECRETERIAL STUDIES 1
SOCIALO0LOGY 1
SOCIOLOGOLTY 1
SOCIOLOGY 5
SPANISH 1
SPOKEN ENGLISH 1
STATISTICS 2
SURVEYING 1
Science 2
Seamanship 1
Secretarial studies 2
Social science 1
Social studies 1
Socialogy 1
Socialogy. 1
Sociology 3
Spoken English 1
Statistics 4
TECH DRAWING 1
TECHNICAL DRAWING 9
TECHNICAL DRaWING 1
TECHNICAL GRAPHICS 1
TYPING 3
TYPING/COMMERCE 1
Technical Drawing 4
Technical drawing 1
Typewriting 1
Typing 1
WELSH LANG 2
WELSH LIT 2
WELSH STUDIES 1
WOODWORK 9
WORD PROCESSING 1
Welsh 1
Woodwork 2
Woodwork and Metalwork 1
a.o.maths 1
accountancy 2
accounting 1
accounts 3
add maths 1
additional mathe 1
additional maths 8
advanced maths 1
agricultural science 1
american studies 1
anatomy, physiology and h 1
ancient history 1
ang lit 1
arith 1
arithmatic 9
arithmetic 28
aritnmetic 1
art 61
art design 1
art & design 1
art and design 2
arts 1
arts and crafts 1
aviation studies 1
biol;ogy 1
biology 71
bioplogy 1
building construction 1
busnes studies 1
ceramics 1
chem 3
chemistry 52
chemistry1 1
chemisty 1
chemiswtry 1
chemostry 1
child care 2
childcare 3
classical civilisation 1
commerance 1
commerce 9
community studies 1
comp science 1
comptor studies 1
computer science 1
computer studies 11
computers 1
computing 1
computor studies 1
cookery 5
cooking 1
core science 1
craft and design 4
craft design and technolo 1
craft design technology 1
design 5
design and technology (wo 1
design graphics 1
design tech 1
ditto lit 1
divinity 1
domestic science 1
drama 7
e Literature 1
eNGLISH 2
eNGLISH LANG 1
eNGLISH LANGUAGE 1
eNGLISH lANG 1
ebgli9sh literature 1
economics 4
eglish language 1
electronics 2
emglish 1
emnglish lang 1
enfg lang 1
eng 1
eng lang 1
eng lit 1
eng liture 1
eng lan 3
eng lang 65
eng lang. 2
eng language 3
eng lit 66
eng lit. 1
eng literature 5
eng. lang 5
eng. lang. 1
eng. lit 5
eng.lan 1
eng.lang 3
eng.lang. 3
eng.lit 4
eng.lit. 5
eng1 1
engilsh 1
engineering 3
engineering drawing 1
engl. lit. 1
engl/lan/ 1
englang 1
englesh lan 1
engli9sh literature 1
englidsh lang 1
englis languagae 1
english 126
english lang 3
english lit 1
english Lit 2
english a 1
english and chemistery 1
english grammar 2
english lag. 1
english lan 16
english land 1
english lang 135
english lang. 10
english langauage 1
english languae 1
english language 199
english language] 1
english languages 1
english languahe 1
english languange 1
english lanuage 1
english let 1
english leterature 1
english lit 171
english lit. 6
english literatature 1
english literature 123
english literaturee 1
english literatureeng lit 1
english litereature 1
english litetature 1
english litreture 2
english litriture 1
english1 1
englishlit 1
englishn literature 1
englishnlit 1
englisk 1
englsh language 1
englsih li 1
englsih literature 1
enlglish lit 1
enlish lang 2
enlish lit 2
enlish lit. 1
enlish literature 1
enmg lity 1
enng lqan 1
environmental mnscience 1
environmental studies 1
eography 1
food and nutritian 1
food and nutrition 6
food nutrition 1
french 38
french for business studi 1
further math 1
further mathe engli 1
further maths 6
general science 2
general studies 3
geo;ogy 1
geog 5
geographt 2
geography 61
geographyu 1
geogrophy 1
geogrqphy 1
geology 3
georaphy 1
georgraphy 1
german 7
graphic design 1
graphical communication 1
graphics 1
greek 1
hISTORY 1
hemistry 1
hist 4
history 49
home economics 15
homre economics 1
human biol 2
human biology 9
humanities 1
integrated science 1
intergrated humanties 1
lang and lit 1
latin 5
law 3
literature 3
math 4
math ao 1
mathematics 3
maths 264
maths A/O 1
maths a-o 1
maths a/o 3
maths add 1
maths geography 1
maths. 1
maths/O/A level 1
metal work 2
metalwork 9
metalworking 1
modern hebrew 1
modern studies 2
music 8
needlework 4
nglish langusge 1
nmaths 1
phisics 1
photography 1
phys 1
physics 103
pottery 1
pottrey 1
printing 1
psyasics 1
psychol 1
psychology 4
psychology/child develop 1
pyhsics 1
qadditional maths 1
qeography 1
qwe 1
r.e 1
r.e. 1
re 3
religion 2
religios studies 1
religious ed. 1
religious education 8
religious studies 3
rights and responsibiliti 1
science 5
scisp A 1
secretarial 1
secretarial studies 1
sience combined a 1
social and economic histo 1
social biology 1
social studies 1
sociolgy 1
sociology 14
spanish 1
spoken english 2
sports studies 1
statistics 6
tech draw 1
tech drawing 2
techn ical drawing 1
technical drawing 12
technical graphics 1
technology 3
technology craft design 1
textiles 1
typewritting 1
typing 3
welsh 3
welsh lang 2
welsh lit 2
woodwork 4
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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