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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub25
Label10th GCE O Level: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCE O Level in?
Responses
0 1
1 2
20TH CENTURY HISTORY 1
2nd Maths 1
3 d art 1
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 26
A LEVEL ART 1
A O ENG 1
A/O MATHS 1
ADDITION MATHS 1
ADDITIONAL MATHS 5
ADVANCED MATHEMATICS 1
AO Level Maths 1
AO MATHS 1
ART 5
ART AND DESIGN 1
ARTY 1
Additional English 1
Additional French 1
Additional Maths 1
Additional statistics 1
Alternative Maths. 1
Art 5
BIOLOGY 10
BOTANY 1
Biology 5
Brit. govermennt and poli 1
Business French 1
CDT 1
CHEMISRY 1
CHEMISTRY 9
COMMERCE 1
COMPUTER SCIENCE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 4
COMPUTOR STUDIES 1
Chemistry 8
Classical Studies 1
Computer Studies 1
Computer studies 4
Computing 1
Control Technology 1
Craft Design Technology 1
Creative Design 1
DRESS AND DESIGN 1
DUTCH GCSE 1
Drama 1
ECONOMICS 1
ENGINEERING DESIGN 1
ENGLISH LANG 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1
ENGLISH LIT 4
ENGLISH LIT - 1
ENGLISH LITERURA 1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 1
EUROPEAN 1
Economics 3
Eng Lit 1
Eng. Lit A/O 1
English Lang. 1
English Language 1
English Literature 1
English language 2
FOGETS 1
FRENCH 18
French 8
French Language 1
GENERAL CLASSICS 1
GENERAL SCIENCE 1
GENERAL STUDIES 7
GEOG 1 1
GEOGRAPHY 8
GEOLOGY 3
GERMAN 2
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL 1
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 1
GRAPHIC DESIGN 1
General Eng. 1
General Studies 8
General studies 4
General studies. 1
Geography 5
German 2
HISTORY 2
HISTORY 1 1
HOME AND COMMERCE 1
HOME ECONOMICS 1
HUMAN BIOLOGY 2
History 3
Human Biology 3
ITALIAN 1
Italian 1
LATIN 3
Latin 2
Latinll 1
Law 2
MATHS 5
MATHS A O 1
MATHS ADVANCED 1
MATHS AO 1
MATHS WITH STATS 1
MATHS2 1
MEDIA STUDIES 1
METALWORK 2
METEROLOGY 1
MUSIC 4
Math AO 1
Maths 3
Maths Stats 1
Meteorology 1
Music 3
Music1 1
NEEDLECRAFT 1
PHYS. 1
PHYSICS 5
POLITICS 1
PPSYCHOLOGY 1
PURE MATHS 1
Physics 7
Politics 2
Psychology 1
Pure Maths 1
R E 1
R. E. 1
R.E 1
RE 5
RELIGION 1
RELIGIOS EDUC. 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 4
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 3
ROMAN CIVILISATION 1
Religeous Knowledge 1
Religious Education 5
Religious Studies 1
Religious studies 2
Roman civilisation 1
SCIENCE 1
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTO 1
SOCIOLOGY 4
SPANISH 1
STATISTICS 3
Science B 1
Science and Society 1
Social studies 1
Sociology 3
Spanish 2
Spoken English 1
Statistics. 1
Study of art 1
TECH. DRAWING 1
TECHNICAL DRAWING 2
TECHNICAL DRAWINGDDRAWING 1
TECHNOLOGY 1
Textiles 1
WOODWORK 1
Welsh Lit 1
Welsh studies 1
Woodwork 1
aDVANCED MATHS 1
additional english 1
additional maths 6
additional statistics 1
additionl maths 1
advanced french 1
advanced maths 2
american history 1
applied maths 1
archaeology 1
art 8
art and design 1
biology 12
botany 1
british sign language par 1
business admin 1
can't remember 1
cannot remember 1
cdt 1
chemistery 1
chemistry 15
combined studies 1
computer science 2
computer studies 8
computor studies 1
craft and designhn 1
craftwork design cojmmuhn 1
design 1
dom science 1
domestic science 1
drama 1
ecconomics 1
ecionomic 1
economics 13
economics and politics 1
electronics 3
eng:lit 1
english 3
english lit 1
english lang 1
english lang 1985 1
english language 2
english lit 3
english literature 2
environmental science 1
exconomics 1
fabric and fashion 1
food and nutrition 1
forgotten 1
french 17
french A/O 1
further mathematics 1
further maths 2
gegraphy7 1
general paper 3
general studies 14
geog 1
geography 12
geography1 1
geology 2
german 9
government politic 1
graphical communication1 1
graphical communications 1
history 22
history advansed 1
home ecnomics 1
home ecomomics 1
home ecomonics 1
home economics 1
human biology 4
intergrated science 1
jewellery design 1
latin 9
latin lang 1
mathematics 1
mathematiics A./O 1
maths 8
maths & mechanics 1
maths 2 1
maths A/Olevel 1
maths a.o. 1
maths a/o 1
maths/ao 1
media studies 1
music 4
needlework 1
no more o levels 1
none 1
phys 1
physics 7
pure maths 2
pure maths with probabily 1
r.e 1
r.e. 1
re 2
relig studies 1
religion 2
religious education 1
russan 1
russia 1
russian 1
scicology 1
science 2 1
scripture 3
social studies 2
sociology 3
spanish 3
spanish 1997 1
spannish 1
statistics 7
study of arcitecture 1
surveying 1
technical 1
technical drawing 1
technical drazwing 1
technology 1
technomlogy 1
textiloes 1
typing 1
use of english 1
welsh literature 1
woodwork 2
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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