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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub19
Label4th GCE O Level: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCE O Level in?
Responses
#Art 1
#history 1
0 3
000 1
3 dimensional art 1
9999999999999999999999999 13
;history 1
A O Level Maths 1
ACCOUNTS 5
ADD MATHS 1
ADDIT MATHS 1
ADDITION MATHS 1
ADDITIONAL MATHS 5
ADDTL MATHS 1
ADVANCE MATH 1
ADVANCED MATHS 1
ARITH MATIC 1
ARITHMETIC 2
ART 34
ART & DESIGN 1
ART AND DESIGN 2
ART DESIGN 1
ART DESIGN & TECH 1
ART, DESIGN AND CRAFT 1
Accounts 1
Addit maths 1
Additional Maths 1
Advanced French 1
Advanced maths 1
Applied Science 1
Art 25
Art & design 1
Art. 1
Artand Design 1
Arts & Design 1
BIOL 2
BIOL. 2
BIOLGY 1
BIOLIGY 1
BIOLOGY 82
BIOLOGY] 1
BUSINESS STUDIES 2
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY 1
Biol 1
Biologhy 1
Biology 54
Biology. 1
Building construction 1
C.D.T. 1
CARE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMEN 1
CDT 5
CHEM 3
CHEM. 1
CHEMISTRY 59
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 1
CHIMISTRY 1
CHIMSTRY 1
CMEM. 1
COMBINED SCIENCE 2
COMMERCE 9
COMMUNITY STUDIES 2
COMP STUDIES 1
COMPUTER SCIENCE 3
COMPUTER SCIENCES 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 12
COMPUTERS 2
COMPUTING 3
COOKERY 3
COOKERY AND NUTRITION 1
CRAFT & DESIGN 3
CRAFT AND DESIGN 2
CRAFTS AND TECHNOLOGY 1
Ceramics 1
Chemicstry 1
Chemistr 1
Chemistry 40
Childcare 1
Childs psychology 1
Classical Greek 1
Classical civilisations 1
Commerce 10
Computer Science 1
Computer Studies 4
Computer science 1
Computer studies 6
Cooking 1
Craft Woodwork. 1
Craft and Design 1
DANCE 1
DANCE AND DRAMA 1
DESIGN TECH 1
DRAMA 4
Design 1
Design & Technology 1
Design and technology 1
Design techology 1
Drama 6
Dressmaking 1
ECCONMOCS 1
ECONOMIC HISTORY 1
ECONOMICS 13
ELECTRONICS 2
EMGLISH LANGUAGE 1
ENG 1
ENG LAN 1
ENG LANG 13
ENG LANG ENGLISH LIT 1
ENG LIT 9
ENG LIT. 1
ENG LITERATURE 1
ENG. 1
ENG. LANG. 1
ENG. LANGUAGE 1
ENG.LIT 2
ENGINEERING DRAWING 2
ENGINEERING SCIENCE 1
ENGLISH 19
ENGLISH LAN. 2
ENGLISH LAND 1
ENGLISH LANG 9
ENGLISH LANG. 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 16
ENGLISH LANGUSAGE 1
ENGLISH LAUN. 1
ENGLISH LIT 17
ENGLISH LIT. 3
ENGLISH LITERATURE 14
ENGLISH LITERATURE 1 1
ENGLISH ORAL 1
ENGLISHN LITERATURE 1
ENLISH STUDIES 1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIEA 1
EUROPEAN STUDIES 3
Econimics 1
Economics 8
Electronics 2
Eng Lang 2
Eng Lit 1
Eng lang 1
Eng lit 2
Eng.Lang. 1
Eng.lit 1
English 15
English LIterature 1
English Lan 1
English Lang 3
English Lang. 1
English Language 19
English Language Business 1
English Langusge 1
English Lit 4
English Lit. 3
English Literatur 1
English Literature 14
English lang 2
English language 11
English lit 2
English lit. 2
English literature 2
EnglishLit 1
Environmental Studies 1
Equivalent CSE 1
European Studies 1
European studies 1
FABRIC AND FASHION 1
FASHION 1
FASHION AND FABRICS 1
FOOD & NUTRITION 1
FOOD AND NUTRITION 2
FOOD NUTRITION 2
FRENC 1
FRENCH 105
FURTHER ENGLISH 1
FURTHER MATHS 1
Farm crafts 1
Food & Nutrition 1
Food , nutrician 1
French 79
French Language 1
GEAGRAPHY 1
GENERAL SCIENCE 3
GENERAL STUDIES 1
GEO. 1
GEOG 9
GEOGHRAPH 1
GEOGRAPHEY 1
GEOGRAPHY 99
GEOLOGY 4
GEORGRAPHY 2
GERMAN 30
GLISH LITERATURE 1
GOEOG 1
GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATION 1
General Science 4
General studies 1
Geograpgy 1
Geography 71
Geology 5
German 13
Goegraphy 1
Government and politics 1
Govt & politics 1
Graphical Communications 1
Graphical communication 1
HISTORY 89
HISTORY# 1
HISTORY1 1
HISTROY 1
HOME ECCONOMICS 1
HOME ECONOMICS 13
HOME MAKING 1
HUMAN BIOLOGY 4
HUMANITIES 2
Hindi 1
Hist 4
History 64
History. 2
Home Economics 6
Home economics 3
Human Biology 2
Human biology 1
Humanities 1
INTEG SCIENCE 1
INTEGRATED HUMANITIES 1
INTEGRATED SCIENCE 2
INTEGRATED SCIENCE B 1
IT 1
ITALIAN 1
Integrated Humanities 1
Integrated Science A 1
LATIN 6
LAW 1
LITERATURE 1
LOGIC 1
Latin 3
Law 1
MARTHEMATICS 1
MATHEMATICS 8
MATHMATICS 1
MATHS 79
MATHS.PURE &MECH 1
MODERN STUDIES 1
MUSIC 3
Mathematics 7
Maths 58
Maths. 1
Military Calculations 1
Modern History 1
Music 5
NEEDLEEWORK 1
NEEDLWORK 1
NUTRITION AND COOKERY 1
Needlework 5
OUTDOOR PURSUITS 1
Office Practice 1
P-HYSICS 1
PHISICS 2
PHOTOGRAPHY 1
PHYCICS 1
PHYCIS 1
PHYS 4
PHYS/CHEM 1
PHYSIC 1
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1
PHYSICS 88
PHYSICS. 1
PHYSICSA 1
POTTERY 1
PURE MATHS 1
PYSICS 1
Personal Business finanne 1
Phsyics 1
Physica 1
Physical Science 1
Physics 72
Physics chemistry 1
Physics with chemistry 1
Physics. 2
Physiucs 1
Politics 1
Psycology 1
Punjabi 1
R E 4
R.E. 6
R.K. 1
RE 11
REGILIOUS EDUCATION 1
REL EDUCATION 1
RELG 1
RELIG STUDIES 1
RELIGEOUS EDUCATION 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 4
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 5
RELIGOIUS EDUCATION 1
RELIGOUS STUDIES 1
RUSSIAN 1
Religion 3
Religious Education 5
Religious Studies 1
Religious studies 1
SCIENCE 3
SCIENCE2 1
SECRETARIAL 2
SECRETARIAL STUDIES 2
SECRETERIAL STUDIES 2
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC HISTORY 1
SOCIAL SCIENCE 1
SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCI 1
SOCIAL STUDIES 1
SOCIOLOGY 9
SPANISH 8
SPOKEN ENG 1
SPOKEN ENGLISH 1
STAATISTICS 1
STATISTICS 6
Science 5
Secretarial studies 1
Social Studies 1
Social science 1 1
Social studies 3
Socialogy. 1
Sociology 5
Spanish 1
Spoken English 1
Statistics 1
Statistics. 1
TDrawing 1
TECH DRAWING 2
TECH. DRAWING 1
TECHNICAL DRAWING 6
TECHNICAL DRawing 1
TECHNOLOGY 3
TEXTILES 1
TYPING 4
Tech drawing 1
Technical Drawing 8
Technical drawing 2
Technoligy 1
Technology 2
Typing 1
WELSH 2
WELSH LANG 1
WELSH LIT 1
WELSH STUDIES 1
WOODWORK 1
Welsh 4
Welsh Lang 2
Welsh Lit 1
Woodwork 2
aDDITIONAL MATHS 1
accountancy 2
accounts 4
add. maths 1
add.maths 1
additional maths 4
additional maths 1 1
aditional french 1
adv maths 1
advanced maths 4
agricultural science 1
anatomy/physiology/health 1
applied maths 1
archaeology 1
archeology 1
arith 1
arithmatic 1
arithmetic 1
art 66
art & design 3
art and design 3
art/design 1
bilogy 2
bio 1
bio;ogy 1
biol 3
biolagy 1
biological studies 1
biology 140
biology ch 1
bioogy 1
british industrial societ 1
business studies 8
c.d.t. 1
cLASSICAL STUDIES 1
carpentry 1
ccookery/nutrition 1
cdt 1
ceramics 1
chem 4
chemistry 89
chemistryn 1
chemisty 2
child care and developmen 1
child development 1
child psycology 1
child sdudies 1
child studies 1
childcare 2
classical studies 1
combined science 1
combined science 1
combined science 1 1
comme4rce 1
commeces 1
commerce 16
commerial studies 1
communication skills 1
competer studies 1
composition of choreograp 1
computer science 3
computer studies 26
computers 1
computing 4
computor studies 2
cookery 2
craft /design 1
craft design & technology 1
craft design and technolo 1
craft design technology 2
design 3
design and craft metal 1
design and technology 1
design andf technology 1
design art 1
design craft tech 1
design technology 6
design,craft and technolo 1
domestic science 1
double science 1
drama 10
dress and design 1
eCONOMICS 1
economics 15
electronics 2
electronics. 1
elnglish lit 1
eng lan 2
eng lan. 2
eng lang 14
eng lit 19
eng literature 1
eng oral 1
eng. lang 1
eng. lit. 1
eng.lan. 1
eng.lang lit 1
eng.lit 1
eng.literature 2
engineering 1
engl lang 1
engl lit 1
englih language 1
englis lit 1
english 30
english /languge 1
english l;it 1
english lan 3
english lanag 1
english lang 18
english lang. 1
english language 30
english languge 1
english lit 42
english lit. 4
english literatur 1
english literature 25
englishland 1
englsih lilterature 1
env science 1
enviromental studies 1
environmental science 1
environmental studies 2
ethics 1
fabrics & fashion 1
fashion and fabrics 1
food /nutrition 1
food and nutrion 1
food and nutrition 7
food nutrition 1
frencch 1
french 158
french (another board) 1
french literature 2
frenchg 1
frewench 1
further french 1
further maths 3
further science 1
general science 2
general science 2 1
general sience 1
general studies 3
geoagraphy 1
geodraphy 1
geog 17
geog. 3
geogography 1
geograhy 1
geograph 1
geography 162
geology 6
geopgraphy 1
georaphy 1
gepgraphy 1
german 29
germwan 1
goegraphy 1
gography 1
government economics and 1
govn politics 1
graphic communication 1
graphical communication 1
graphical communications 1
graphics 1
greek 1
greek civilisation 1
greek litreture 1
hist 4
history 151
home ecconomics 1
home ecomomics 1
home econmics 1
home economics 24
human biology 7
information studies 1
integrated science part 1 1
integrated science/practi 1
integrated sciences 1 O 1
intergrated humanities 1
intergrated science 1 1
intrgrated humanties 1
it 1
italian 1
jFrench 1
latin 11
law 4
lit 1
math 1
mathematics 1
maths 118
maths 1 1
maths 2 1
maths a/o 2
maths add 1
maths oa 1
maths statistics 1
metal work 3
metalwork 2
modern studies 3
modual tecnology 1
motor vehicle studies 1
music 14
needlecraft 1
needlework 3
office studies 1
office technology 1
ohysics 1
phisics 3
phsics 1
phusics 1
phycics 1
phyics 1
phys ics 1
physical science 1
physices 1
physicos 1
physics 150
physics c 1
political studies 1
politics 1
psycholgy 1
psychology 3
psyics 1
qw 1
r e 3
r.e 1
r.e. 1
r.i. 1
re 2
rel studies 1
relig. ed. 1
religeous education 2
religeous studies 1
religious educaiont 1
religious education 10
religious studies 5
religious studies. 1
religous education 1
relogois studies 1
rligigeous instruction 1
rligious studies 1
road safety studies 1
rural studies 1
s 1
science 7
sciences principles 1
scripture 2
sec studies 1
secretarial 1
secretarial studies 3
social & vocational skill 1
social and community stud 1
social economics 1
social science 1
social studies 3
social/vocational 1
socialogy 1
sociolgy 1
sociology 23
soilogy 1
something else 1
spanish 7
statistics 7
stats 1
tech drawing 4
tech drwa 1
technical drAWING 1
technical drawing 11
technology 2
technology ? 1
tecnology 1
typing 3
welsh 4
welsh lang 1
welsh language 1
welsh lit 2
wood work 1
woodwork 7
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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