Scottish Education Time Series Data, 1962, 1970, 1972

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>These data enable us to give a nationally-representative picture of the school leaver with Scottish Certificate of Education Higher grade qualifications (SCE H grade) at three points in time - in 1962, 1970 and in 1972. The dataset is constructed from three separate surveys and comprises just under 400 variables. Included is not only <i>raw data</i>, such as, for example, the record of each SCE attempt in each year, but also a large number of variables that have been systematically derived from the raw variables. There are for instance, a series of measures that express the subject curriculum of each school-leaver's course and qualifications in a variety of ways. Other areas which have been covered include family background, school, geographical location and post-school destination.<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Type of school, education district and region of school, post-school destination, individual subject grades at higher level, subject content of course and qualifications. Achievement at ordinary, higher and advanced levels.<br> Background Variables<br> Age, sex, date of birth, father's occupation (Registrar General's classification).