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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen Year Follow-up, Reading and Matrices Tests, 1986

Variable Details

VariableANS_E1
LabelQuestion E1 (Comprehension) answer given by cohort member
Responses
99 511
a 121
b 2777
bc 1
be 1
c 41
d 47
e 152
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
Location1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen Year Follow-up, Reading and Matrices Tests, 1986
UniverseThe instrument was sent out to every school in Great Britain at which anyone born in April 1970 was likely to be attending.;National
SamplingNo sampling (total universe)
Study TypeLongitudinal/panel/cohort; Cross-sectional element of the BCS70 longitudinal study
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