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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

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

Variable Details

Variablevocsub45
Label3rd Pitmans qual:main subject
Question text What was the main subject this qualification was in?
Responses
999999999999999999999999999999 1
ACCESS 1
ACCOUNTING 1
AUDIO TYPING 1
BOOKKEEPING 1
BUSINESS ADMIN 1
BUSINESS ENGLISH 1
Business English 1
COMMERCE 1
COMPUTER STUDIES 1
Computer skills 1
Computer studies 1
ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICA 1
English for Office Skills 1
English for business Com 1
KEYBOARD SKILLS 2
Office practice 1
Office skills 1
Pitman shorthand 1
SAME 1
SECRETARIAL PRACTICE 1
SHORTHAND 3
SHORTHAND 90 QPM 1
SPREAD-SHEETS 1
Spreadsheets 1
TYPEWRITING 1
TYPING 2
TYPING ADVANCED 1
Typing 1
WORD PROCESSING 2
Word 1
Word Processing 1
Word processing 1
Word processing 3 1
Word processing. 1
advanced typing 1
audio typing 2
audio typing. 1
audiotyping 1
business communications 1
business english 1
business studiers 1
commerce 1
computerised book keeping 1
english 2
excel 5 1
intermediate typing 1
letter writing 1
office practice 1
office practise 1
secretarial duties 1
shorthand 4
shorthand 2000 1
speedwriting 1
supervisory management 1
typewriting 1
typing 5
typingf 1
word processing 5
wordprocessing 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-up, 1999-2000
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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