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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Annual Population Survey Household Dataset, January - December, 2016

Variable Details

VariableHICOMB02
LabelHigher degree subject areas - 2
Responses
1 Medicine 1
2 Medical related Subjects 63
3 Biological Sciences 27
4 Agricultural Sciences 7
5 Physical/Environmental Sciences 28
6 Mathematical | Sciences 31
7 Engineering 16
8 Technology 33
9 Architecture and related studies 9
10 Social Sciences 29
11 Business and Financial Studies 54
12 Librarianship and Information Studies 3
13 Linguistics, English, Celtic and Ancient Languages 24
14 European Languages 14
15 Other Languages 9
16 Humanities 54
17 Arts 24
18 Education 55
19 Computing 16
20 Law 23
-9 Does not apply 340529
-8 No answer 0
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationAnnual Population Survey Household Dataset, January - December, 2016
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