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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variableedqsub56
Label1st GCE A(or S) Level: subject
Question text What subject was your (next) GCE A (or S) level in?
Responses
2 dimensional art 1
9999999999999999999999998 1
9999999999999999999999999 1
ACCOUNT AND BUSINESS 1
ACCOUNTANCY 3
ACCOUNTING 2
ANCIENT HISTORY 1
ANCIENT HISTORYU 1
ART 32
ART 7 DESIGN 1
ART AND DESIGN 2
ART WITH ART HISTORY 1
ART WITH HISTORY OF ART 1
ARTS 2
Accountancy 1
Accounting 1
Accounts 3
American History 1
Ancient History 1
Applied Maths 1
Art 40
Art & Craft 1
Art & Design 3
Art History 1
Art and design 2
Art. 1
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 1
BIOLOGY 47
BOTTANY 1
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 1
BUISNESS STUDIES 3
BUSINES STUDIES 1
BUSINESS STUDIES 7
BUSINESS STUDIES BIOLOGY 1
Biology 36
Biology Chemistry, maths 1
British Government l& Pol 1
British and American Poli 1
Business Studies 5
Business studies 1
CHE M 1
CHEMISRTY 1
CHEMISTRY 16
CLASSICAL CIVILISATION 2
COMMUNICATION STUDIES 1
COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES 3
COMPUTER SCIENCE 4
COMPUTER STUDIES 1
COMPUTING 2
COOKERY 1
Chem 1
Chemistry 17
Classical Civilisation 1
Computer Science 2
Computer science 3
Computing 1
DESIGN 2
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY 2
DRAMA 2
DRESS 1
Dance and Drama 1
Design 1
Design and Technology 1
Domestic Science 1
Drama 2
ECCONOMICS 1
ECONOMICS 34
ELECTRONICS 1
ENG 1
ENG .LIT 1
ENG LIT 9
ENG. LIT 1
ENG.LIT 1 1
ENGINEERING DRAWING AND D 1
ENGINEERING SCIENCE 1
ENGLISH 42
ENGLISH LANG 1
ENGLISH LANG/LIT 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LIT 1
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITE 1
ENGLISH LIT 13
ENGLISH LIT. 2
ENGLISH LITERATURE 13
ENGLISH LITERATURE & LANG 1
ENLISH LANGUAGE/LITERATUR 1
Econimins 1
Economics 19
Ecvonomics 1
Electronic Systems 1
Eng Lang 1
Eng lit 1
Eng. Lit 2
Eng. Lit. 1
Engineering Drawing 1
Engineering drawing 1
English 35
English lit. 1
English (Literature) 1
English Lang and Lit 1
English Language 3
English Law. 1
English Lit 12
English Lit. 3
English Literature 18
English Literature & Lang 1
English Literature/Lang. 1
English Litereature 1
English Litterature 1
English lang/lit 1
English language 2
English lit 3
English lit. 4
English lit/lang 2
English literature 5
FINANCIAL CONTROL 1
FINE ART 1
FOOD AND NUTRITION 3
FRENCH 18
Fashion & textiles 1
French 17
French Literature 1
GEN STUDIES RELIGIOUS STU 1
GENERAL STUDIES 18
GEOGHRAY 1
GEOGRAHY 1
GEOGRAPHY 24
GEOLOGY 1
GERMAN 9
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 2
GOVERNMENT POLITICS 1
GRAPHIC DESIGN. 1
General Studies 6
General studies 4
Geog 1
Geography 23
Geology 2
German 6
Graphic Design 1
HISTORY 28
HISTORY OF ART 1
HOME ECONOMICS 5
HPYSICS 1
HUMAN BIOLOGY 3
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY 1
Health Scencie 1
History 28
History. 1
Home Economics 1
IT 1
LATIN 4
LAW 10
Latin 1
Law 10
MATH 2
MATHEMATICS 7
MATHS 86
MATHS A LEVEL 1
MATHS AND STATS 2
MATHS, PURE AND APPLIED 1
MATHS- PURE AND APPLIED 1
MATHS. 2
MATHSW 1
MAths 1
MEDIA 1
MEDIEVAL HISTORY 1
MMaths 1
MUSIC 8
Maaths 1
Mathematics 1
Mathematics and Statistic 1
Mathematics with stats 1
Maths 60
Maths & Statistics 1
Maths and stats 1
Maths. 1
Mathsw 1
Music 8
Needlework 1
PHILOSOPHY 1
PHOTOGRAPHY 1
PHYS 1
PHYSICS 15
POLITICS 4
POTTERY 1
PSYCHOLOGY 6
PSYCOLOGY 1
PURE & APPL MATHS 1
PURE AND APPLIED MATHS 2
PURE MATHEMATICS 1
PURE MATHS 3
PURE MATHS AND STATS 1
PURE MATHS WITH STATISTIC 1
PYSICS 1
Philosophy 1
Physchology 1
Physco;ogy 1
Physics 21
Politics 5
Practical Music 1
Psychology 6
Psycology 1
Pure & Applied Maths 1
Pure M aths & Statistics 1
Pure Mathematics 1
Pure Maths 2
Pure and applied maths 1
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2
RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1
Religous education 1
SECIENE 1
SECRETARIAL 1
SOCIAL BIOLOGY 1
SOCIALGY 1
SOCIOLOGY 14
SOCIOPLOGY 1
SPANISH 1
SPORTS STUDIES 1
STAGE DECOR AND COSTUME D 1
STATISTICS 1
Social Biology 1
Social and economic histo 1
Social sciences 1
Socialolgy 1
Socialology 1
Sociology 14
Spanish 3
Sports Studies 1
Statistics 3
THEATRE STUDIEAS 1
THEATRE STUDIES 6
Technical DRawing 1
Theatre studies 3
Urdu 3
WELSH 3
Welsh 1
accountancy 1
accounting 3
accounts 3
acounts 1
ancient history 1
applied maths 1
archaeology 1
art 50
art and crafts 1
art and design 7
art history 1
art with art history 2
art/art history 1
arts and craft 1
bUSINESS sTUDIES 1
bilogy 1
biol 1
biolagy 1
biolagy s 1
biology 56
biology c 1
boilogy 1
btech in business studies 1
building construction 1
business studies 12
chem 2
chemestry 1
chemistry 31
clasical civilisation 1
classical civilations 1
classics 1
co;mmunications 1
communication studies 2
communications studies 1
communicationstudies 1
comp studies 1
computer science 13
computer sciences 1
computer studies 3
computing 4
computor science 1
cookery 1
coputer science 1
dance 1
design 1
design and technology 1
design craft and technolo 1
design technology 2
design tecnology 1
ebglish 1
econ 2
economics 49
economics & politics 1
economics english hitory 1
electronics/statistics 1
encominics 1
eng 1
eng lang 2
eng language/literature 1
eng lit 7
eng lit. 1
eng. lang 1
eng.lit. 1
engineering drawing 1
engl 1
english 79
english lang 2
english lang/lit 1
english language 2
english language & litera 1
english language/literatu 1
english lit 34
english lit and lang 1
english lit. 2
english litature 1
english literature 25
english not specific 1
environmental studies 1
fine art 1
freanch 1
french 38
french lang 1
gEOGRAPHY 1
gen studies 1
general studies 1
general studies 13
general study 1
geog 7
geog. 1
geography 46
geographyy 1
geograqphy 1
geology 8
gepgraphy 1
german 4
governmental politics 1
graphical communication 1
greek 1
health and social care 1
hist. 1
history 52
home economic 2
home economics 3
hum,an bilogy 1
human biology 2
humanbiology 1
humanphysiology 1
information Technology 1
latin 2
law 15
mATHEMATICS 1
math 2
math economics physics 1
mathematics 2
mathematics and art 1
maths 154
maths & mechanics 1
maths an 1
maths pure with statisti 1
maths with stats 1
music 10
music theory 1
phisics 1
photography 4
phychology 1
phycics 1
physchology 1
physclogy 1
physical education 1
physics 25
political history 1
politics 6
pschology 1
pshycoclgy 1
psychology 8
pure and applied maths 4
pure mathematics 1
pure maths 7
pure maths and statistics 2
pure maths and stats 1
pure maths with statistic 1
pure/statistal maths 1
religious education 1
religious studies 4
russian 1
s 1
secretarial studies 2
social biology 3
social studies 1
sociolgy 1
sociology 33
spanish 4
sports studies 1
stage craft and design 1
statistics 2
surveying 1
tech drawing 2
technical drawing 2
theatre studies 3
theatre studys 1
zoology 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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