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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Thirty-Four-Year Follow-up, 2004-2005

Variable Details

Variableb7pccr21
LabelKind of local authority care - 01
Question text And what kind of local authority care was this?
Responses
1 In local authority care, but remaining with own parents 0
2 Local authority children s home 0
3 Local authority foster parents 8
4 Voluntary society children s home 0
5 Voluntary society foster parents 1
6 Prison/Young Offenders Institute/Borstal 0
7 Some other place (specify) 0
-9 Refusal 0
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Other missing 0
-1 Not applicable 5198
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Thirty-Four-Year Follow-up, 2004-2005
Interviewer InstructionsCODE ALL THAT APPLY. PROBE - 'What else?'.
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 (including rotational panel)
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