NI Life and Times Survey

Module:Public Understanding of Science
Variable: ALEVENGL to ALEVOTH

Suppose you were advising a 16 year old who had just got good grades in their GCSEs and was considering what to study for A-level. Which three subjects on this card would you advise them to study for A-levels to give them the best career prospects?
(The following table shows the % of respondents who would advise the 16 year old to study each subject.)

	%
English	51
Maths	59
History	6
Geography	3
French	12
German	5
Economics	11
Biology	10
Physics	19
Chemistry	14
Computer Studies	55
Design and Technology	12
None	2
Other answer/other subject	6

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Results for men and women

	%
	Men	Women
English	48	53
Maths	62	56
History	5	6
Geography	3	3
French	13	12
German	5	4
Economics	11	11
Biology	8	12
Physics	22	16
Chemistry	14	13
Computer Studies	56	54
Design and Technology	17	9
None	1	2
Other answer/other subject	6	7

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 or older
English	56	47	57	50	51	45
Maths	48	60	65	61	58	56
History	6	6	7	6	5	4
Geography	3	2	1	5	2	5
French	7	13	13	14	10	14
German	7	8	4	4	2	4
Economics	11	14	12	12	10	6
Biology	13	12	10	9	8	10
Physics	23	22	15	18	23	12
Chemistry	18	16	9	15	19	8
Computer Studies	51	62	63	55	47	44
Design and Technology	17	12	13	13	14	6
None	3	2	3	1	1	0
Other answer/other subject	9	7	4	7	6	5

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
English	56	49	48
Maths	61	58	58
History	6	6	4
Geography	2	3	3
French	15	11	14
German	5	5	3
Economics	9	12	8
Biology	10	10	14
Physics	19	17	24
Chemistry	14	15	10
Computer Studies	53	56	56
Design and Technology	12	12	13
None	2	1	1
Other answer/other subject	5	7	12

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