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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub22
Label7th GCE O Level: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCE O Level in?
Responses
- 1
0 5
9999999999999999999999999 21
A.O. further maths 1
A.P.H. 1
ACCOUNTING 1
ACCOUNTS 3
ADDITIONAL MATHS 1
ADDTL MATHS 1
ANATOMY 1
ANCIENT HISTORY 1
ARITHMATIC 1
ARITHMETIC 2
ART 35
ART AND DESIGN 1
Accountancy 1
Accounting 1
Accounts 1
American Studies 1
Art 20
Art & design 1
BIOG.SIEINCE 1
BIOGLOGY 1
BIOL 1
BIOLAGY 1
BIOLOGY 66
BIOLOOGY 1
BISSSTUFEIS 1
BUILDING 1
BUSINESS STUDIES 1
Bilogy 1
Biology 43
Biololgy 1
British Government 1
Building Construction 1
Business Studies 1
Business studies 1
C.D.T. 1
CANT REMEMBER 1
CDT 1
CHEM 2
CHEM. 1
CHEMISTERY 2
CHEMISTRY 63
CHI/PHXY 1
CHILD CARE 1
CHILD DEVELOPMENT 1
CHILDCARE AND DEVELOPMENT 1
CLASSICAL CIVILISATION 1
CLASSICAL STUDIES 1
COMBINED SCIENCE 2 1
COMMERCE 10
COMMERSE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 1
COMPUTER SCIENCE 2
COMPUTER STUDIES 18
COMPUTOR STUDIES 1
COOKERY 1
CRAFT AND DESIGN 3
CRAFT DESIGN 2
CRAFT DESIGN TECH - WOODW 1
Cannot recall 1
Ceramics 1
Chem 2
Chemistrty 1
Chemistry 50
Chemistry. 1
Chemisttry 1
Child developmental psych 1
Combined Science 1
Commerce 3
Computer Studies 6
Computer science 1
Computer studies 5
Computor Studies 2
Control Technology 1
Craft Design and technolo 1
Craft design & technology 1
Craft, Des. & Tech. 1
Craft, Design & Technolog 1
DESIGN 2
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 3
DESIGN TECH 2
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 1
DOMESTIC SCIENCE 1
DRAMA 5
DRESS DESIGN 1
Design 1
Design technology 1
Divinity 1
Domestic Science 2
Drama 4
ECONOMICS 8
ENG LANG 1
ENG LIT 5
ENG LIT. 1
ENG. LIT. 2
ENG.LANG 1
ENG.LIT 2
ENG.LIT. 1
ENGINEERING 2
ENGINEERING DRAWING 1
ENGLIS LIT 1
ENGLISH 4
ENGLISH LANG 4
ENGLISH LANG. 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 9
ENGLISH LIT 12
ENGLISH LIT. 1
ENGLISH LITERATURE 5
ENGLISH OLANGUAGE 1
ENLISH LIT 1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 3
EUROPEAN STUDIES 1
Economics 3
Electronic Engineering 1
Electronics 3
Eng Lang 3
Eng lit 1
Eng. Drama 1
Eng. Lang. 2
Engineering drawing 1
Engl Lit 2
English 5
English LIt 1
English Lang. 1
English Language 3
English Lit 4
English Lit. 2
English Literature 12
English language 4
English lit 3
English literature 1
English. 1
Enviro Science 1
Environmental studies 1
FOOD & NUTRITION 2
FOOD AND NUTRITION 4
FRENCH 58
FRENCH FOR BUSINESS(AO) 1
Fabric and fashion 1
Fine art 1
Food and Nutricion 1
French 35
GENERAL BIOLOGY 1
GENERAL PAPER 1
GENERAL STUDIES 3
GEOG 3
GEOGHRPY 1
GEOGRA0PHY 1
GEOGRAHPY 1
GEOGRAPHY 53
GEOGRAQHPY 1
GEOLOGY 3
GEOPRAPY 1
GERM 1
GERMAN 30
GERMEN 1
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL 1
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 1
GRAPHIC DESIGN 1
GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATION 1
GRAPHICAL COMMUNICATIONS 1
Gegraphy 1
General Scienc 1
General Science 2
General Studies 2
General studies 1
Geog 2
Geograghy 1
Geography 48
Geographyh 1
Geograpy 1
Geogrophy 1
German 22
German written 1
German. 1
Germaqn 1
Graphic communication 1
Graphic design & communic 1
Graphical Communication 1
HISTORY 50
HOME ECON 2
HOME ECONOMICS 8
HOME ECONOMICS B 1
HOME ENCOMICS 1
HUMAN AND APPLIED GEOGRAP 1
HUMAN BIOLOGY 4
Histopry 1
Historhy 1
History 36
Histoyr 1
Home Economics 3
Home Economics. 1
Home economics 2
Home economics. 1
Human Biol 1
Human Biology 2
Humanities 1
Humanities. 1
I.T. 1
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1
INTERGRATED SCIENCE 2 1
Information Technology 2
LATIN 10
LAW 2
Latin 9
MATHEMATICS 1
MATHS 34
MATHS AO 1
MATHS. 1
METAL WORK 1
METALWORK 1
MODERN HEBREW 1
MODERN STUDIES 3
MUSIC 7
Mathematics 2
Mathematics. 1
Maths 16
Maths stats 1
Metalwork 1
Meteorology 1
Modern Studies 1
Modular Technology 1
Music 3
NEEDLE WORK 2
NEEDLEWORK 2
NONE 2
Needlework 1
P E 1
PHYICS 1
PHYS 2
PHYS. 2
PHYSIC 2
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 1
PHYSICAL SCIENCE 1
PHYSICS 53
POTTERY 1
PRACTICAL CARE AND SKILLS 1
PURE MATHS 1
PYSICS 1
Photography 2
Physics 47
Physics with Chemistrly 1
Physics. 1
Physics/Chemistry 1
Politics 1
R E 1
R.E. 5
RE 12
RE. 1
REL. STUDIES 1
RELIG STUDIES 1
RELIGEOUS EDUCATION 1
RELIGEOUS STUDIES 1
RELIGIOUS ED 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 5
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2
RELIGOUS EDUCATION 2
Religeous Ed. 1
Religion. 1
Religious Ed. 1
Religious Education 2
Religious Instruction 1
Religious Knowledge 1
Religious Studies 9
Religious studies 2
Rurual Science 1
SCIENCE 1
SCIENCE APLICATIONS 1
SCIIENCE COMBINED 1
SECRETARIAL STUDIES 1
SIENCE 1
SOCIAL SCIENCE 1
SOCIAL SCIENCES 1
SOCIAL STUDIES 2
SOCIOLOGY 7
SOCIOLOGY 1 1
SPANISH 2
SPANNISH 1
STATISTICS 2
SURVEYING 1
Science SCISP 1
Social Biology 1
Social Economics 1
Social studies 2
Socialogy 1
Sociology 4
Spanish 2
Statistics 1
TECH DRAWING 4
TECH ENGINEERING 1
TECH GRAPHICS 1
TECHNICAL DRAWING 5
TECHNICAL DRDAWING 1
TECHNICAL STUDIES 1
TECHNOLOGY 5
TEXTILE DESIGN 1
TEXTILES 1
TYPING 2
Tech. Drawing 1
Tech.drawing 1
Technical Drawing 6
Technical Graphics 1
Technical drawing 1
Technology 3
Textiles 2
Typing 3
WELSH 2
WELSH 1 ST LANG. 1
WEnglish lit 1
WOODWORK 2
aHome economics 1
accountancy 1
accounting 3
accounts 2
add maths 1
additional mathematics 1
additional maths 2
advanced maths(A/O) 1
agricultural science 1
anatomy,phsiolgy health 1
anatomy,pysciology and he 1
ancient greek 1
ancient history 1
arithmatic 1
arithmetic 3
art 44
art and craft 1
arts 1
bilody 1
bilogy 2
biolagy 1
bioliogy 1
biologhty 1
biology 87
biology normal 1
biuology 1
business administration 1
business studies 5
c d t 1
c.d.t. 1
cant remember 1
cdt 3
cdt technology 1
chamistry 1
chem 6
chemestry 1
chemist 1
chemistery 2
chemistry 101
chemistry1 1
chenestry 1
childcare 1
combined science 1
combined science 1 1
commerce 4
commerce/business 1
comp stuidies 1
computer 1
computer science 1
computer sciences 1
computer st. 1
computer studies 27
computers 2
computing 4
computor studies 2
comuinications 1
controlled technology 1
cookery 1
craft and design 3
craft design 2
craft design and tech 1
craft design and technolo 2
craft design technology 1
craft/design 1
des and technology 1
desighn and tec 1
design 2
design and craft technolo 1
design and technology 3
design craft and technolo 1
design technology 1
design/techknology 1
domestic science 1
dont know 2
drama 1
dramma 1
draughtsman 1
dress and textiles 1
eCONOMICS 1
eNGLISH LIT 1
ecconomics 1
econimcs 1
economic and public affai 1
economics 10
electronics 7
eng lan. 1
eng lang 4
eng language 2
eng lit 5
eng. lit 1
eng.lang 1
eng.lit. 1
engilsh l 1
engineering practice 1
engineering workshop theo 1
englich lit 1
english 6
english lang 4
english language 5
english lit 19
english literature 16
english literatute 1
english litreture 1
english o/a 1
enviromental science 1
environmental studies 1
ethics 1
european studies 1
fodd and nutrition 1
food & nurtrition 1
food & nutrition 2
food & nutritition 1
food and nutrit 1
food and nutrition 2
food and nutritution reli 1
frech 1
french 106
further science 2
furthjer maths 1
g e d 1
gearman 1
general 1
general science 2
general studies 8
geog 9
geog. 1
geography 90
geology 4
georaphy 1
german 44
germnaN 1
goegraphy 1
graphical communication 2
graphics 1
health education 1
hiostory 1
hisstory 2
hist 1
history 84
history of art 1
histroy 1
home ec 1
home econ 1
home economics 16
horticultural science 1
human biology 12
humanities 1
integrated science 1
intergrated science 1
latin 21
law 3
literature 1
maaths 1
mass communications 1
mathematics 2
maths 50
maths 1 1
maths a/o 2
metal work 1
metalwork 1
modern studies 2
modula tech 1
music 12
needlecraft 2
needlework 4
needlework and dressmakin 1
none 1
not known 1
office prac5tice 1
office practice 1
oooo 1
parent craft 1
persian 1
phisics 2
phisycs 1
photography 1
phsyics 1
phyiscs 1
phys 3
physcis 1
physical education 2
physical science 1
physics 101
physics and chemistry 1
physics with chem 1
physics with chemistry 1
physisc 1
politics 1
psychology 3
r e 1
r.e 1
r.e. 1
re 3
religeous education 1
religion 1
religious educatio 1
religious education 8
religious education. 1
religious enduction 1
religious studies 3
religioys education 1
rural studies 1
russian 1
same 1
science 2
scomputer studies 1
sec studies 2
secretarial studies 7
shorthand 1
social econ 2
social studies 2
sociology 7
socoiology 1
spanish 8
spanninsh 1
statistics 1
tech draw 1
tech drawing 6
technical drawing 9
technical graphics 1
technology 5
tecnichal drawing 1
typing 4
vocational srudies. 1
we 1
welsh language 1
welsh lit 1
woodwork 5
world history 1
xxx 1
xxxxxxxxx 1
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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