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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub18
Label3rd GCE O Level: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCE O Level in?
Responses
#ENG LIT 1
#french 1
'design technology 1
0 3
2 demensional design 1
9999999999999999999999999 17
;maths 1
A.O.Maths 1
ACCOUNTING 2
ACCOUNTS 4
ADDIONAL MATHS 1
ANATOMY PHY AND HEALTH 1
APPLIED BIOLOGY 1
APPLIED MATHS 1
ARI9THMATIC 1
ARITH 2
ARITHMATIC 7
ARITHMETIC 13
ART 44
ART & DESIGN 1
ARt 1
Accounts 1
Additional Maths 3
Advanced Maths 1
Arithmetic 4
Art 21
Art & Design 1
Art and design 3
Arthmetic 1
Arthrithmetic 1
Artistry 1
Automobile Engineering 1
BAKING TECHNOLOGY 1
BIOL 2
BIOL. 1
BIOLOGY 54
BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY 1
Bilogy 2
Biol 1
Biology 36
Biology. 1
CATERING 1
CDT 4
CHEFS AND CATERING 1
CHEM 2
CHEMESTRY 1
CHEMISTRY 54
CHENISTRY 1
CHILD CARE 1
CHILD DEVELOPMENT 1
CLASSICAL STUDIES 2
COMBINED SCIENCE 4
COMMERCE 4
COMMERCECOMMERCE 1
COMPUTER SCIENCE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 8
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 1
CONTROL TECHNOLOGY 1
CRAFT AND DESIGN 3
CRAFT DESIGN AND TECHNOLO 1
CRAFT DESIGN TECH 1
CRAFTS DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 1
Ceramics 1
Chemistry 39
Chemistry Biology 1
Chemistry. 1
Chemisty 1
Child development 1
Childcare and Development 1
Commerce 2
Commerce& Business Studie 1
Community studies 1
Computer Science 1
Computer Studies 5
Computer studies 7
Computor Studies 1
Cookery 1
Craft Design Technology 2
Craft Design technology 1
DANCE 1
DESIGN 7 TECHNOLOGY 1
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 1
DOMESTIC SCIENCE 1
DRAMA 2
DRESS 1
Design 1
Design and Technology 2
Design and technology 1
Design tech. 1
Divinity 1
Docial Biology 1
Drama 6
E language 1
ECONOMICS 4
EEnglish language 1
ELECTRONICS 2
ENG 1
ENG DRAWING 1
ENG LAGUAGE 1
ENG LAN 1
ENG LANG 24
ENG LANGUAGE 1
ENG LIT 24
ENG LIT 1 1
ENG LITERATURE 2
ENG, LITERATURE 1
ENG. 1
ENG. LANG 2
ENG. LIT. 1
ENG.LAANG 1
ENG.LANG 2
ENG.LIT 1
ENGILSH 1
ENGINEERING DRAWING 1
ENGL 1
ENGL. 1
ENGL;ISH LIT. 1
ENGL;ISH LITERATURE 1
ENGLIS LIT 1
ENGLISH 37
ENGLISH LAN 5
ENGLISH LANG 21
ENGLISH LANG. 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 36
ENGLISH LANGUAGE FURTHER 1
ENGLISH LAnguage 1
ENGLISH LECTURE 1
ENGLISH LIT 44
ENGLISH LIT. 8
ENGLISH LITERATURE 43
ENGLISH LT 1
ENGLISH ORAL 1
ENGLLIT 1
ENLISH LIT 2
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 2
EUROPEAN STUDIES 1
Economic History 1
Economics 5
Ejnglish 1
Electronics 2
Eng LIT 1
Eng Lang 8
Eng Lit 4
Eng Lit. 1
Eng lang 4
Eng language 2
Eng lit 5
Eng literature 1
Eng. Lan. 1
Eng. Lang. 2
Eng. Lit 3
Eng. Lit. 1
Eng. Literature 1
Eng. lan 1
Eng.Lit 4
Engineering 1
Englisg lit 1
English 19
English LIterature 1
English Lang 11
English Lang. 4
English Language 24
English Langusge 1
English Lit 21
English Lit. 5
English Lit/ 1
English Literatur 1
English Literature 46
English Lut. 1
English lang 5
English lang. 5
English langauage 1
English language 14
English lit 10
English lit. 4
English literature 14
English oral 1
Environmental Science 1
Environmental studies 1
FASHION AND FABRIC 1
FASHION AND FABRICS 1
FOOD & NUTRITION 2
FOOD AND NUITRITION 1
FOOD AND NUT 1
FOOD AND NUTRICION 1
FOOD AND NUTRITION 1
FRENCH 71
FURTHER MATHS 2
Food & Nutrition 1
French 36
French. 1
Further Maths 1
Further Science 1
GEN SCI 1
GENERAL SCIENCE 4
GENERAL STUDIES 1
GEO 1
GEO. 1
GEOG 2
GEOGPAHY 1
GEOGRAHPGY 1
GEOGRAPHT 1
GEOGRAPHY 90
GERMAN 9
GOEGRAPHY 1
GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATION 1
GRAPHICS 1
General Science 2
General Studies 1
General studies 1
Geog 5
Geography 57
Geogrphy 1
German 5
Graphic communications 1
Greek 1
Gujarati 1
HHISTORY 1
HIOSTORY 1
HISTORY 72
HOME ECONOMICS 7
HOME ECONOMIICS 1
HUMAN BIOLOGY 8
HUMANITIES 1
HUMANITY 1
Hist 1
History 56
History of Art 1
History. 2
History/ 1
Home Econimics 1
Home Economics 5
Home Econonmics 1
Home economics 5
Human Biology 4
Human biology 3
Humanities 1
I.T 1
INTEGRATED SCIENCE 1 1
INTEGRATED SCIENCE A 1
INTEGRATIVE ASSIGNMANTS 1
ITALIAN 1
Industrial Society 1
Integrated Science 1
Integrated science 1
Italian 1
LATIN 3
LAW 1
Latin 1
Law 1
MATH 2
MATHEMATICES 1
MATHEMATICS 4
MATHEMATIFCS 1
MATHS 192
MATHS FURTHER 1
MATHS. 2
METAL WORK 1
METALWORK 4
MODERN STUDIES 2
MODERN STYDIES 1
MUSIC 8
Masths 1
Matha 1
Mathematics 8
Mathmatics 1
Maths 137
Maths. 5
Maths1 1
Metalwork 2
Modern studies 1
Music 3
NEEDLEWORK 3
NNEDLE WORK 1
NUTRITION 1
Needlework 1
Nutrition and cookery 1
OFFICE PRACTICE 1
PHHYSICS 1
PHISCS 1
PHYS 1
PHYS. 1
PHYSIC 2
PHYSICS 71
PHYSICS' 1
POLITICS 1
PURE MATHS 1
Phyics 1
Physic 1
Physicks 1
Physics 42
Pitmans typing 1
Psycology 1
QRITHMATIC 1
R E 1
R.E 2
R.E. 5
RE 4
RELEGIOUS EDUCATION 1
RELIG STUDIES 1
RELIGION 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 1
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION 1
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3
RUSSIAN 1
Rel Ed 1
Religious Education 1
Religious Education. 1
Religious Studies 1
Religious education 1
ReligousStudies 1
SCIENCE 5
SEC .STUDIES 1
SECRETARIAL STUDIES 3
SOCIAL BIOLOGY 1
SOCIAL ECONOMICS 1
SOCIAL SKILLS 1
SOCIAL STUDIES 5
SOCIOLOGY 11
SPANISH 4
SPOKEN ENGLISH 1
STATISTICS 5
STATS 1
Science 1
Science 1 1
Science 2 1
Secretarial studies 1
Sociology 13
Spanish 1
Statistics 3
TECH DRAWING 1
TECH. DRAWING 2
TECHNICAL DRAWING 4
TECHNICAL GRAPHICS 1
TECHNOLOGY 2
TEXTILE DESIGN 1
TEXTILES 1
TYPING 3
Technical Drawing 1
Technical drawing 4
Textiles 1
Textiles (Fabric Technolo 1
Theatre Studiews 1
Typewriting 1
Urdu 2
WELSH LANG 1
WELSH LIT 1
WOODWORK 3
Welsh 2
Welsh Lang 1
Welsh Second Lang 1
Woodwork 1
YOUNG ENTERPRISE (BUSINES 1
accounting 1
accounts 3
acountancy 1
additional maths 1
advanced maths 1
applied maths 1
ar4ithmetic 1
arinthmatic 1
arith 2
arith. 1
arithmatic 8
arithmetic 19
arithmetics 1
art 56
art & design 1
art abd design 1
art and design 1
art design 1
artand design 1
arthimetic 1
bilogy 1
biol 1
biology 101
biologyu 1
bioloy 1
business finace 1
business studies 3
c.d.t. 1
cHEMISTRY 1
cehemistry 1
chem 1
chemistry 90
child care 2
child development 2
childcare 2
christian rrespnsibility 1
classical studies 1
combined science 2
commerce 11
commercre 1
comminication studies 1
commputer studies 1
computer science 3
computer studies 18
computer studs 1
computers 5
computor studies 1
control and design .tech. 1
control technology 1
cookery 2
cookery and nutrition 1
craft and design 1
craft design and technolo 1
craft design technology 1
craft design tecnolgy 1
crsft design & technolog 1
dance 1
design & technology 1
design and technology 1
design technology 1
divinity 1
domestic science 2
drama 11
dress and design 2
dressmaking 1
eNGLISH LITERATURE 2
ecconomics 1
economics 16
economics1 1
eeography 1
electronics 1
eng 1
eng lan 1
eng Lit 1
eng lan 4
eng lang 39
eng lit 41
eng lit. 1
eng literature 1
eng, Lit 1
eng. lit 6
eng.lang 1
eng.lang. 1
eng2 1
engineering 1
engineering drawing 1
engineering science 1
englang 1
engli 1
englis lit. 1
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english lit 1
english lit 1
english literature 1
english lan 2
english land 1
english lang 74
english lang. 2
english langiage 1
english language 63
english language a.o. 1
english liit 1
english lit 84
english lit. 3
english literature 70
english litereture 1
english literiture 2
english lkang 1
english oral 1
english(lit) 1
english2 1
enligh literature 1
environmental science 2
environmental studies 1
food /nutrition 1
food and aneutrition 1
food and hygiene 1
food and nut 1
food and nutrition 4
food nutrition 2
french 93
french language 1
further maths 1
general science 1
general science 1 1
general studies 2
geog 17
geog. 1
geogephy 1
geogrPHY 1
geograhpy 1
geography 115
geograpy 2
geogrophy 2
geology 1
geopgraphy 1
georgraphy 1
german 15
goegraphy 2
government & politics 1
government, commerce 1
graph comm 1
graphic communication 1
graphic design 2
graphical communication 3
graphical communications 1
graphical communicatuion 1
greek 1
grography 1
hISTORY 3
hist 1
hist. 2
history 117
history of science 1
home eco 1
home economics 15
hostory 1
hsitory 1
human biol,ogy 1
human biolagy 1
human biologuy 1
human biology 12
human science 1
humanities 2
info tech 1
information technology 1
integrated humanities 3
integrated science 1
lang eng,. 1
latin 4
law 3
literature 1
mATHS 1
math 4
mathematics 10
mathmetics 1
maths 325
maths 1 1
maths additional 1
maths ao 1
mathys 1
metal work 2
metalwork 5
modern studies 2
motor mechanics 1
mths 1
music 8
needlecraft 1
needlework 3
none 2
nutrition and cookery 1
p.e. 1
parent craft 1
parentcraft 1
pe 1
ph#ysics 1
photography 2
phy 1
phyics 1
physical education 1
physice 1
physics 115
physiucs 1
politics 1
pottery 1
principals of english and 1
pscycology 1
psychology 1
punjabi 1
r.e. 3
re 6
rel ed 1
religion 2
religious and social stud 1
religious ed 1
religious education 6
religious knowledge 1
religious studies 4
religious study 1
religous ed 1
religous education 1
rural studies 1
science 8
science - integrated 1
science applications 1
science in society 1
scisp B 1
secretarial 2
secretarial studies 2
sience combined b 1
siociolagy 1
social and economic histo 1
social economics 1
social science 3
sociaology 1
sociiology 1
socilogy 1
sociolagy 1
sociology 13
spanish 4
spoken eng 1
spoken english 2
sport and recreation 1
sports studies 1
statistics 6
tech drawing 1
tech graphics 1
techniacl drawing 1
technical drawing 13
technology 1
textiles 1
theatre arts 1
typing 1
typing second level 1
tyring 1
we 1
welsh 9
welsh lang 1
welsh lit 3
welsh literature 1
wood work 1
woodwork 8
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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