Destinations of leavers from HE 03/04

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03018: Career related code 7

Field Information

Number: 023
Name: Career related code 7
Abbreviation: CAREER7
Length: 1
Status: Compulsory
Description: These fields describe the leaver's reasons for taking the job they were doing on 15 April 2004/14 January 2005.

Question asked:

Q13. Why did you decide to take the job you will be doing on 15 April 2004/14 January 2005?

Link to questionnaire:

Field 17 - It fitted into my career plan/It was exactly the type of work I wanted
Field 18 - It was the best job offer I received/Only job offer I received
Field 19 - It was an opportunity to progress in the organisation
Field 20 - To gain experience in order to get the type of job I really want
Field 21 - To see if I would like the type of work it involved
Field 22 - To broaden my experience/To develop general skills
Field 23 - In order to pay off debts
Field 24 - Because it is better than being unemployed
Notes: Question not on telephone script.

Leavers can tick as many of the options on the questionnaire as they wish. Each blank/ticked option is coded as a separate field. Institutions should return '1' in the fields corresponding to the options the leaver ticked and '0' in the fields corresponding to the options they did not tick. It is acceptable for all of fields 17-24 Career related code 1 to 8 to be coded '0'.

For employed leavers who complete the questionnaire use code '0' rather than code 'X'.

Default code 'X' must be used when field 4, METHOD = '3', '4' or '9' or field 5, EMPCIR = '06' to '14'.
Reason Required: To assess the reasons why HE leavers are in different jobs.

Valid Entries

0Box blank.
1Box ticked.
XQuestion not answered (default)

Validation Rules

025228
This field must be completed. (Severity: 99)
M_NOTEMPTY
025229
This field must contain a valid code (0, 1 or X) (Severity: 99)
M_VALIDCODE
025230
If METHOD is coded (8 or 9) this field must be coded X. (Severity: 99)
M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"8") || M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"9") ?
M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"X"):
M_TRUE
025231
If EMPCIR is coded (06 - 14) this field must be coded X. (Severity: 99)
(M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"06") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"07") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"08") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"09") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"10") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"11") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"12") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"13") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"14"))?
M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"X"):
M_TRUE
026819
If EMPCIR is coded (01 - 05) and METHOD is coded (1, 2 or 5) this field must NOT be coded X. (Severity: 99)
((M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"01") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"02") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"03") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"04") || M_ISFIELD(_EMPCIR_,"05")) && (M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"1") || M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"2") || M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"5")))?
!M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"X"):
M_TRUE
026820
If METHOD is coded (3 or 4) this field must be coded X. (Severity: 9)
M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"3") || M_ISFIELD(_METHOD_,"4")?
M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"X"):
M_TRUE