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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub24
Label9th GCE O Level: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCE O Level in?
Responses
0 7
2nd English 1
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 20
A/O FRENCH 1
ACCOUNTANCY 1
ACCOUNTS 2
ADDITIONAL FRENCH 1
ADDITIONAL MATHS 5
ADVANCED MATHS PAPER 1
APH 1
ART 18
ART AND DES 1
ART AND DESIGN 1
Accounting 1
Additional Maths 1
Art 8
Art and Design 1
Art. 1
Arts 1
BIOLOGY 14
BUSINESS STUDIES 4
BUSINESS STUDY 1
Biiology 1
Biology 14
Biology. 2
Business Studies 2
Business studies 1
C D T 1
CDT 1
CEMISTRIY 1
CHEMISTRY 18
CHEMISTRY. 1
COMMERCE 1
COMMUNITY & SOCIAL EDUCAT 1
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING 1
COMPUTER SCIENCE 2
COMPUTER STUDIES 12
COMPUTERS STUDIES 1
COMPUTING 1
COMPUTOR STUDIES 1
CRAFT DESING & TECHNOLOGY 1
Chemistry 13
Commerce 1
Communication studies 1
Computer Studies 3
Computer studies 1
Computors 1
DK 1
DOUBLE SCIENCE 1
DRAMA 2
Design & technology 1
Ditto see note 1
Domestic science 1
Drama 1
ECENOMICS 1
ECONOMICS 12
ELECTRONICS 2
ENG LANG 2
ENG LANG (second part of) 1
ENG LIT 2
ENGINEERING SCIENCE 1
ENGLIOSH LITERATURE 1
ENGLISH 1
ENGLISH HISTORY 1
ENGLISH LANG 2
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 4
ENGLISH LIT 6
ENGLISH LIT. 1
ENGLISH LITERATURE 7
ENGLISH LITERTURE 1
ENGLISH ORAL 1
EUROPEAN STUDIES 1
Economics 6
Economics & Public Affair 1
Eng Lit 1
Eng. Lit. 1
Engineering science 2
English 1
English Language 1
English Lan. 1
English Lang 1
English Language 3
English Language. 1
English Lit 5
English Lit. 1
English Literature 6
English lang. 1
English lit 2
English literature 5
Environmental Studies 1
European studies 1
FRENCH 28
FRENCH A O 1
FRENCH ORAL 1
FURTHER MATHS 1
FURTHERR MATHS 1
Food & Nutrition 2
Food Nuitrition 1
Food and nutrition 1
French 23
French for Business Studi 1
French with text 1
Further French Studies. 1
GEN STUDIES 2
GEN. STUDIES 1
GENERAL PAPER 2
GENERAL STUDIES 8
GEOG 2
GEOGRAPHY 20
GERMA 1
GERMAN 15
GOVERNMENT 1
GOVT ECONOMICS AND COMMER 1
GRAFICAL COMMUMICATIONS 1
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 1
GRAPHICS 1
GREEK 1
Gen Studies 1
General Studies 3
General studies 3
Geography 18
Geograpy 1
Geology 2
German 9
Greek 1
HIGHER MATHS 1
HIST/ARCHAEOLOGY 1
HISTORY 20
HISTORY GEOGRAPHY 1
HOME ECONOMICS 8
HUMAN BIOLOGY 3
History 19
Home Economics 1
Home economics 2
Home economics (childcare 1
Human Biology 4
I.T. 1
LATIN 11
LAW 3
Latin 6
MATHEMATICAL STUDIES 1
MATHS 13
MATHS STUDIES 1
MATHS. 1
MODERN TECHNOLOGY 1
MODULAR TECHNOLOGY 1
MOVEMENT STUDIES 1
MUSIC 6
Maths 11
Music 6
Music. 1
NEEDLEWORK 3
NO 1
NONE 1
NOTHING 1
Needlecraft 1
Needlework 2
Nutrition and Cookery 1
OFFICE PRACTICE 1
PHTOGRPHY 1
PHYSICS 18
PHYSYCS 2
POLITICS 1
PSHISCS 1
Physics 12
R E 1
R.E 1
R.E. 3
R.E/1 1
RE 5
RELIGION 3
RELIGIOUS 3
RELIGIOUS EDUCATIO 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 3
RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONS 1
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1
RELIGIOUS STUDY 1
RELIOUS ED 1
RUSSAIN 1
RUSSIAN 1
RUSSIAN STUDIES 1
Religeous Know. 1
Religeous Studies 1
Religious Education 3
Religious Instruction 3
Religious Knowledge 1
Religious Studies 3
Religious studies 2
Roman History 1
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1
SCIENCE.TECH 1
SOCIAL SCIENCE 1
SOCIOLOGY 3
SPANISH 3
STATISTICS 3
Science A 1
Science in Society 1
Scripture 1
Sociology 3
Statistics 5
TECH DRAWING 2
TECHNICAL DDRAWING 1
TECHNICAL DRAWING 2
TECHNOLOGY 4
TEXTILES 2
THAT IS IT 1
TYPING 1
Teachnical Drawing 1
Technical Drawing 2
Technology 2
Textiles 1
WELSH LANG 1
WOODWORK 3
accountancy 1
accounting 1
additional chemistry 1
additional maths 6
advanced french 1
argricultural studies 1
art 25
biology 37
business admin 1
cannt remenber 1
cdt technology 1
cdt woodwork 1
chem 1
chemestry 1
chemistry 51
chemistry, 1
child care 1
classics 1
combined science 2
commerce 1
comp studies 1
comp.studies 1
computer science 1
computer studies 13
computers 1
computing 3
craft design and technolo 1
craft desin and technolog 1
ctd 1
design 1
design tech 1
design technology 1
design tecnoly 1
divinity 2
domestic science 1
drama 4
dress 2
ecconomics 1
econimics 1
economics 16
economics/politics 1
economuics 1
electronics 2
eng lang 2
eng language 1
eng lit 4
eng.lit. 1
eng: lit: 1
engineering design 1
english 1
english drawing 1
english lang 5
english language 5
english lit 9
english lit. 1
english literature 10
english literaturer 1
enlish lit 1
europen studies 1
fench 1
film study 1
french 54
french a/o 1
french lang 1
gen studies 3
general Studies 1
general studies 10
general studiesw 1
geog 4
geography 34
geology 3
german 25
graphical communication 1
greek 2
hISTORY 1
history 34
history world 1
home economics 8
human biology 3
humanities 3
intergrated science a 1
italian 3
latin 12
law 3
maths 22
maths a s 1
maths ao 1
metalwork 1
meterolgy 1
microbiology 1
modular science 1
music 9
music performance 1
nathematics 1
none 2
none0 1
not known 1
nothing 1
office practice 1
photography 3
phyicews 1
physics 31
physics 1 1
physiical 1
politics 2
principles of language 1
psychology 2
psysics 1
pure maths 1
pysics 1
r e 1
r.e. 1
re 3
recreational studies 1
religion 1
religious 1
religious e ducation 1
religious ed 1
religious ed. 1
religious education 4
religious studies 5
rligious education 1
russian 3
science 1
science in society 3
sociology 7
socipology 1
spanish 8
statistics 5
statistics add 1
stats 1
tech drawing 4
technical 1
technical drawing 6
technical science 1
technology 2
textiles 1
typing 1
w 1
welsh lang 1
welsh language 1
woodwork 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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