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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub21
Label6th GCE O Level: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCE O Level in?
Responses
0 6
9999999999999999999999999 21
ACCOUNTANCY 1
ACCOUNTS 5
AMERICAN HISTORY 1
APPLIED STATISTICS 1
ARITH 1
ARITHM,ETIC 1
ART 25
Accounts 2
Additional Maths 1
Additional maths 1
Advanced French 1
Advanced Maths 1
Arithmatic 1
Art 28
Art and Design 1
BIO 1
BIO;OGY 1
BIOL 1
BIOL1 1
BIOLOGY 87
BIOLOGY1 1
BIOLOOGY 1
BIOLOY 1
BRITISH INDUSTRIAL SOCIET 1
BUSINESS STUDIES 4
Bilogy 1
Biology 58
Biology not sure 1
Biology. 1
Business Studies 5
C.D.T 1
C.D.T. 1
CATERING 1
CDT 4
CEMISTERY 1
CHEM 2
CHEM. 1
CHEMISTRY 72
CHEMISTRY PHYSICS 1
CHEMISTY 3
CHEMSITRY 1
CHILDCARE 1
CLASSICAL STUDIES 1
COMBINED SCIENCE 1 1
COMMERCE 7
COMMUNICATION STUD 1
COMPUERS 1
COMPUTER SCIENCE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 8
COMPUTING 1
COMPUTOR STUDIES 3
COMPUTR STUDIES 1
CONTROL DESIGN AND TECHNO 1
COOKERY 1
COUMPUTING 1
CRAFT DESIGN AND TECHNOLO 1
Cannot Remember 1
Chem 1
Chemistry 51
Child Development 1
Combined Science 1
Commerce 6
Computer 1
Computer Science 1
Computer Studies 6
Computer studies 7
Computing 1
Computors 1
Cookery 2
Craft Design & Tech 1
Craft Design Technology 1
Craft Design and Technolo 2
Craft and design 1
DEGIGN 1
DESIGN 4
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 1
DESIGN TECH 1
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 1
DIVINITY 1
DRAMA 7
DRESS 1
DRESS MAKING 1
DRESSMAKING 1
Design 1
Design & Technology 1
Design and Technology 1
Domestic Science 2
Double science 1
Drama 3
ECONOMICS 6
ELECTRONICS 3
ENDLISH LIT 1
ENG DRAWING 1
ENG LANG 4
ENG LIT 4
ENG LIT. 1
ENG. LANGUAGE 1
ENG.LANG 2
ENGINEERING DRAWING 1
ENGINEERING SCIENCE 1
ENGLISH 5
ENGLISH LAN 1
ENGLISH LANG 7
ENGLISH LANG. 2
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 9
ENGLISH LEITERTURE 1
ENGLISH LIT 13
ENGLISH LIT. 3
ENGLISH LITERATURE 13
ENVIRO.STUDIES 1
EUROPEAN STUDIES 1
Ecnomics 1
Economics 6
Economics. 2
Eng Lang 2
Eng Lit 4
Eng Literature 1
Eng lit 1
Eng literature 1
Eng. lit. 1
Engineering 1
Engineering # 1
Engineering W'Shop/Theory 1
Engl Lang 1
Engl Lit 1
English 6
English Lang 4
English Lang. 3
English Language 8
English Lit 5
English Lit. 3
English Literature 5
English lang 3
English lang. 1
English language 3
English lit 2
English lit. 2
English literature 3
Englishd Literature 1
Enlish Lit. 1
FABRIC & FASHION 1
FASHIUON & FABRICS 1
FOOD A B 1
FOOD AND NUTRITION 3
FOOD AND NUTRTION 1
FRENCH 57
FRENCH(AO) 1
FRWENCH 1
FURTHER SCIENCE 1
Food & Nurtrition 1
Food and Nuitrition 1
Food and Nutrition 1
Food and nutrition 2
Food nutrition 2
French 51
GE0GRAPHY 1
GENERAL PAPER 1
GENERAL STUDIES 2
GENRAL STUDIES 1
GEO 1
GEOG 5
GEOGRAPHY 74
GEOGRAPHY1 1
GEOGRAPHYY 1
GEOGRAPTHY 1
GEOGRAPY 1
GEOGRASPHY 1
GEOLOGY 3
GEOMETRIC & ENG DRAWING 1
GEPGRAP[HY 1
GERMAN 19
GRAPHIC COMM 1
GRAPHIC COMMUNIC 1
GRAPHIC DESIGN 1
GRAPHICS 1
GREEK LITERATURE 1
General Science 1
Geog 2
Geography 39
Geography. 1
Geologh 1
Geology 2
German 21
Goegraphy 2
Government & politics 1
Govt. economics and comme 1
Graph. Communications 1
Graphic Communication 1
Graphical Communication 2
Graphical communication 1
Graphics 2
HEALTH EDUCATION 1
HISORY 1
HISTORY 75
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY STU 1
HISTORYT 1
HISTPRY 1
HOME EC/NEEDLEWORK 1
HOME ECENOMICS 1
HOME ECERNOMICS 1
HOME ECON 1
HOME ECONICS A 1
HOME ECONOMIC 2
HOME ECONOMICS 13
HUMAN BIOLOGY 8
HYISTORY 1
Hiostory 1
Histopry 1
History 42
History 13/16 1
Home Economics 6
Home economics 4
Human Biology 2
Human biology 1
INTEGRATED HUMANITIES 1
INTEGRATED SCIENCE 2 1
INTERGRATED SCIENCE 1 1
IT in Business 1
Integrated Science 2 1
Integrated science 1
LATIN 11
LAW 1
LOATIN 1
Latin 5
MATH AO 1
MATHEMATICS 4
MATHS 40
MECHANIC 1
METAL WORK 1
METALWOR 1
METALWORK/EWTP 1
MODERN GREEK 1
MODERN STUDIES 3
MODERN TECHNOLOGY 1
MORDEN COMMUNICATION 1
MUSIC 10
Mathematics 5
Maths 24
Modern Communication 1
Modern Greek 1
Music 7
Musiv 1
NEEDLEWORK 1
NO MORE CSE/O LEVELS 1
NONE 1
Needlecraft 1
Needlework 1
Needlework and Dress 1
OFFICE SKILLS 1
OFFICE STUDIES 1
Ohysics 1
PHOTOGRAPHY 2
PHYS 1
PHYSIC 2
PHYSICAL SCIENCE 1
PHYSICS 72
PHYSICS] 1
POLITICS 1
POTTERY 1
Performing arts. 1
Personal,Social Moral Edu 1
Phys 1
Physics 56
Physics. 2
Political Studies 1
Politics 1
R E 5
R.E. 4
RE 11
REGILIOUS EDUC 1
REL EDUCATION 1
REL STUDIES 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2
RELIGIOUS EDUCtion 1
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3
RELIGOUS EDUCATION 2
RELIGOUS KNOWEDGE 1
RELIGOUS STUDIES 1
RELIOUS ED 1
RRELIGIOUS STUDIES 1
Religious Ed 1
Religious Education 1
Religious Knowledge 1
Religious Studies 3
Religious and moral studi 1
Religious education 1
Religious studies 1
Religous Education 1
SCIENCE 2 1
SOCIAL ECONOMICS 1
SOCIAL SCIENCE 1
SOCIOLOGY 12
SPANISH 2
STATISTICS 5
Science 1
Science 2 1
Science2 1
Scripture 1
Secretarial 1
Social Studies 2
Sociology 6
Sociololgy 1
Spanish 5
Statistics 1
TEC GHRAPICS 1
TECH DRAWING 2
TECH. DRAWING 1
TECHNICAL DRAWING 10
TECHNICAL STUDIES 1
TECHNOLOGY 4
THEATRE STUDIES 2
Technical Drawing 1
Technical drawing 1
Technology 3
Textiles 1
Typing 2
WELSH 2 ND LANG. 1
WOODDWORK 1
WOODWORK 7
Welsh 1
Woodwork 3
Word Processing 1
Wwqe 1
a o level french 1
accounting 1
accounts 10
aditional maths 1
american history 1
aplied sience 1
arithmetic 4
art 52
art and design 2
art/design 1
atr/design 1
bilogy 2
bio 3
bio;ogy 1
bioligy 1
biolog 1
biology 152
biology human 1
british constitution 1
business stud. 1
business studies 3
c d t 1
cHEMISTRY 1
cannot remember 1
cdt 1
cdt design and tech 1
ceramics 1
ceramicsd and design 1
chem 3
chemestry 1
chemisstry 1
chemistgry 1
chemistory 1
chemistr 1
chemistry 111
chemstry 1
child development 1
class civilisation 1
classical civilisation 1
classical studies 1
combined science 1
commerce 10
commernce 1
communication studies 1
communmity studies 1
comp studies 1
computer studies 1
computer s 1
computer science 4
computer sciences 1
computer studies 20
computer technology 1
computers 2
cookery 1
craft and design 1
craft design and technolo 3
craft design tech 1
craft design technolgy 1
craft design technology 1
craft design technology' 1
craft design, technology 1
craft fabric printing 1
craft, design & technolog 1
craft/design 1
design 4
design and technology 1
design tech 1
design technology 2
domestic science 4
drama 3
eco nomics 1
economics 17
economics and public affa 2
edditional mathsw 1
ehome economics 1
electricity and electroni 1
electronics 2
eng lang 5
eng lirature 1
eng lit 8
eng.lan. 1
eng.lit. 2
engineering drawing 1
enginerring drawing 1
english 15
english lang 1
english Literature 1
english alnguage 1
english lan 1
english lang 11
english lang. 1
english languaage 1
english language 15
english language (DUUBLE) 1
english lit 24
english lit. 3
english literature 18
english spoken 1
englishlit 1
enlish lit 2
environmental science 1
farench 1
fashion & clothing 1
food and nuitrition 1
food and nutrition 6
food nutrition 1
food/nutrition 1
foodand nutrition 1
fr ench 1
frenc 1
french 102
french for business 1
french o/a level 1
french studies 1
gEOGRAPHY 1
gen studies 1
general classics 1
general science 3
general studies 6
geog 6
geograph 1
geography 108
geography 1 1
geography. 1
geogrephy 1
geology 6
geometrical & eng. drawin 1
geometrical engineering d 1
geopgraphy 1
german 38
german literature 1
goegraphy 2
government and political 1
government and polotics 1
graphic communication 1
graphic design 2
graphical communication 2
graphical communications 1
hiostory 1
hist 1
hist. 1
history 102
history of art 1
histroy 1
histry 1
home ecom 1
home ecomomics 1
home econmics 1
home economic 1
home economics 22
human biology 10
integrated humanities 1
integrated science 1
integrated science 2 1
intergrated science 1
it 1
italian 1
laatin 1
latin 20
law 2
math 1
matha a o 1
mathematics 1
maths 67
metalwork 4
meteorology 1
modern history 2
modern studies 3
more 1
movement 1
music 16
nathematics 1
needlework 3
nglish 1
numeracy level 2 1
nursing studies 1
oa eltronics 1
ooo 1
p-hysics 1
pe 1
photography 1
phsics 2
phsysics 1
phys ed 1
physical science 1
physics 114
physics with chemistry 2
political history 1
politics 3
pottery 2
psysics 1
pure maths and probabilit 1
pure maths and stats 1
r 1
r.e 2
r.e. 2
re 4
reigious ed 1
rel studies 1
rel. education 1
religeous education 1
religious education 5
religious instruction 1
religious knowlege 1
religious studies 4
religiuous studies 1
religous studies 2
reliious studies 1
rural biology 1
rural studies 1
science 5
science 2 1
science in society 2
sculpture 1
second technology 1
secretarial studies 3
secretarial; studies 1
shemistry 1
social economics 2
social science 1
social studies 3
socialoggy 1
socialogy 1
sociology 15
spanish 7
statistics 7
stats 1
stsastics 1
sycology 1
tec drawing 1
tech drawing 8
tech.drawing 1
technical drawing 11
technicalo drawing 1
technology 6
theatre studies 1
typewriting 1
typing 2
welsh 3
welsh lang 1
wood work 1
woodwork 5
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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