Most preferred subject at university
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Question label:
Most preferred subject at university
Question text:
If [CHILD NAME] were to go to university, which subject would be [CHILD NAME]'s first choice to study?
Question universe:
if PEDCHPNO > 0 (If there exists an eldest co-resident child (of those aged 16 and 17))
and if PODDSQUAL > 0 (Child has greater than no chance of gaining qualifications to get into university)
Question interviewer instructions:
IF RESPONDENT HASN’T DECIDED OR DOES NOT YET KNOW WHAT SUBJECT THEY WANT TO STUDY, SELECT ‘HAVEN’T DECIDED’ FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO FIND THE SUBJECT IN THE DROP DOWN MENU, SELECT ‘OTHER/NOT FOUND’.
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 35899 | 91.36% |
| proxy | -7 | 1683 | 4.28% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 211 | 0.54% |
| Accounting and Finance | 1 | 59 | 0.15% |
| Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 2 | 19 | 0.05% |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 3 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Anatomy and Physiology | 5 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Anthropology | 6 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Architecture | 8 | 17 | 0.04% |
| Art and Design | 9 | 75 | 0.19% |
| Biological Sciences | 10 | 51 | 0.13% |
| Building | 11 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Business Studies | 12 | 70 | 0.18% |
| Chemical Engineering | 14 | 12 | 0.03% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 20 | 0.05% |
| Civil Engineering | 16 | 25 | 0.06% |
| Classics and Ancient History | 17 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Communication and Media Studies | 18 | 17 | 0.04% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 89 | 0.23% |
| Dentistry | 20 | 12 | 0.03% |
| Drama, Dance and Cinematics | 21 | 31 | 0.08% |
| Economics | 23 | 17 | 0.04% |
| Education | 24 | 31 | 0.08% |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 25 | 30 | 0.08% |
| English | 26 | 60 | 0.15% |
| Food Science | 27 | 13 | 0.03% |
| French | 28 | 2 | 0.01% |
| General Engineering | 29 | 23 | 0.06% |
| Geography & Environmental Science | 30 | 10 | 0.03% |
| Geology | 31 | 3 | 0.01% |
| German | 32 | 1 | 0.0% |
| History | 33 | 55 | 0.14% |
| History of Art, Architecture and Design | 34 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation & Tourism | 35 | 8 | 0.02% |
| Iberian Languages | 36 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Law | 39 | 55 | 0.14% |
| Linguistics | 41 | 11 | 0.03% |
| Literature | 42 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Materials Technology | 43 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Mathematics | 44 | 63 | 0.16% |
| Mechanical Engineering | 45 | 30 | 0.08% |
| Medicine | 46 | 64 | 0.16% |
| Modern languages | 48 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Music | 49 | 21 | 0.05% |
| Nursing | 50 | 33 | 0.08% |
| Other Subjects Allied to Medicine | 51 | 17 | 0.04% |
| Pharmacology and Pharmacy | 52 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Philosophy | 53 | 6 | 0.02% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 54 | 18 | 0.05% |
| Politics | 55 | 17 | 0.04% |
| P.P.E. (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) | 56 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Psychology | 57 | 66 | 0.17% |
| Russian | 58 | 2 | 0.01% |
| Social Policy | 59 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Social Work | 60 | 18 | 0.05% |
| Sociology | 61 | 13 | 0.03% |
| Sports Science | 62 | 77 | 0.2% |
| Veterinary Medicine | 65 | 18 | 0.05% |
| Haven't decided | 95 | 43 | 0.11% |
| Other/Not found | 97 | 132 | 0.34% |
| Total | 39294 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 37512 | 88.95% |
| proxy | -7 | 2832 | 6.72% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 231 | 0.55% |
| Accounting and Finance | 1 | 44 | 0.1% |
| Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 2 | 9 | 0.02% |
| Agriculture and Forestry | 3 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Anatomy and Physiology | 5 | 3 | 0.01% |
| Anthropology | 6 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Archaeology | 7 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Architecture | 8 | 14 | 0.03% |
| Art and Design | 9 | 56 | 0.13% |
| Biological Sciences | 10 | 39 | 0.09% |
| Building | 11 | 6 | 0.01% |
| Business Studies | 12 | 93 | 0.22% |
| Celtic Studies | 13 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Chemical Engineering | 14 | 14 | 0.03% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 26 | 0.06% |
| Civil Engineering | 16 | 16 | 0.04% |
| Classics and Ancient History | 17 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Communication and Media Studies | 18 | 16 | 0.04% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 103 | 0.24% |
| Dentistry | 20 | 7 | 0.02% |
| Drama, Dance and Cinematics | 21 | 38 | 0.09% |
| Economics | 23 | 30 | 0.07% |
| Education | 24 | 40 | 0.09% |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 25 | 43 | 0.1% |
| English | 26 | 77 | 0.18% |
| Food Science | 27 | 8 | 0.02% |
| French | 28 | 2 | 0.0% |
| General Engineering | 29 | 23 | 0.05% |
| Geography & Environmental Science | 30 | 17 | 0.04% |
| Geology | 31 | 2 | 0.0% |
| German | 32 | 3 | 0.01% |
| History | 33 | 49 | 0.12% |
| Hospitality, Leisure, Recreation & Tourism | 35 | 11 | 0.03% |
| Iberian Languages | 36 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Law | 39 | 53 | 0.13% |
| Linguistics | 41 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Literature | 42 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Mathematics | 44 | 65 | 0.15% |
| Mechanical Engineering | 45 | 38 | 0.09% |
| Medicine | 46 | 75 | 0.18% |
| Modern languages | 48 | 5 | 0.01% |
| Music | 49 | 22 | 0.05% |
| Nursing | 50 | 54 | 0.13% |
| Other Subjects Allied to Medicine | 51 | 14 | 0.03% |
| Pharmacology and Pharmacy | 52 | 10 | 0.02% |
| Philosophy | 53 | 4 | 0.01% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 54 | 24 | 0.06% |
| Politics | 55 | 10 | 0.02% |
| P.P.E. (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) | 56 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Psychology | 57 | 77 | 0.18% |
| Social Work | 60 | 24 | 0.06% |
| Sociology | 61 | 19 | 0.05% |
| Sports Science | 62 | 77 | 0.18% |
| Theology and Religious Studies | 63 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Veterinary Medicine | 65 | 19 | 0.05% |
| Haven't decided | 95 | 55 | 0.13% |
| Other/Not found | 97 | 135 | 0.32% |
| Total | 42170 | 100.0% |
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