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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub26
Label11th GCE O Level: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCE O Level in?
Responses
- 1
0 1
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 9
A O MATHS 1
A/O maths 1
ADDITIONAL MATHS 2
ADVANCED MATHS 1
APPLIED MATHS 1
ASTRONOMY 1
Accountancy 1
Advanced Mathematics 1
Advanced Maths 1
Applied maths. 1
Arts and craft 1
BIOLOGY 5
BUSINESS STUDIES 2
Biology 2
Botany 1
CDT 1
CERAMICS 1
CHEMISTRY 3
COMBINED SCIENCE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 2
COMPUTERS STUDIES 1
Chemistry 2
Computer Studies 2
DRAMA 1
ECONOMICS 1
ELECTRONICS 1
ENG A O 1
ENGLISH LANG 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1
ENGLISH LIT 1
ENGLISH LIT. 1
English Literature 1
English lang 2 1
FRENCH 2
FRENCH AO 1
FRENCH FOR BUSINESS STUD 1
FRENCH FOR BUSINESS STUDI 1
FURTHER MATHS 1
Film studies 1
French 5
French AO 1
French for Business Studi 1
French for zbusiness 1
GEN STUDIES 1
GENERAL STUDIES 6
GEOAGRAPHY 1
GEOGRAPHY 3
GOVERNMENT, ECONOMICS & 1
General studies 2
Geography 1
German 2
Greek civilisation 1
HISTORY 2
HUMAN BIOLOGY 4
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 1
History 3
Home Economics 2
LATIN 1
LAW 1
Latin 1
MATHS 3
METAL WORK 1
Mathematics 1
Maths 3
Music 1
NONE 1
PHYSICS 2
PHYSID#S 1
Physics 2
Pschology 1
R E 1
R.E 1
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1
Re 1 1
Religeous education 1
Religious Knowledge 1
Religious Studies 1
Religious studies 1
SOCIAL SCIENCE 1
SOCIOLOGY 1
Sociology 2
TERITICAL MATHS 1
THEATRE STUDIES 1
URDU 1
Welsh 1
add maths 1
additional maths 1
advanced maths 4
applied mechanics 1
art 7
art and design 1
bilogy 1
biology 3
chemistry 8
classic 1
computer science 1
computer studie4s 1
computer studies 1
computing 1
design 1
divinity 1
domestic science 1
drama 1
economics 2
electronics 2
eng language 1
eng lit 1
eng literature 1
engish lang 1
english lit 3
english literature 2
food & nutition 1
french 5
french business 1
french for bus:stddies 1
further maths 2
gen studies ao 1
general studies 8
general studiesA/oLEVEL 1
geog 1
geography 2
geology 3
geometric and technical e 1
german 4
history 5
home economics 1
human biology 1
latin 2
law 1
maths 5
maths a/o 1
maths o a level 1
music 2
needlework 1
none 2
photography 3
phsycology 1
physics 8
politics 1
pure maths 1
r.e. 2
re 2
religeous studies 1
religious educ 1
religious studies 1
russian 1
scripture 1
sociology 1
spanish 1
statistics 1
technical drawing 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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