First Destinations Supplement 98/9
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98016: Duration of employment
Field Information
| Number: | 010 |
| Name: | Duration of employment |
| Abbreviation: | DUREMP |
| Length: | 1 |
| Status: | Compulsory if codes 01 or 02 are returned in field 5. |
| Description: | This field describes the leaver's own assessment of the duration of the employment in the terms of the questionnaire. |
| Notes: | Where duration of employment is not applicable, i.e. codes 03, 04, 05, 06 or 07 are returned in field 5, please return a blank in this field. If in section 2 of the model questionaire the employment is described as fixed term but no termination date is given, assume a termination date after 30/9/97. If it is understood that the employment is open-ended use code 3, 'Terminates after 30 September 1997/Not a fixed term employment'. For 1996-97 the valid entries will be; 1 Terminates in the period up to 31 March 1998. 2 Terminates between 01 April 1998 and 30 September 1998. 3 Terminates after 30 September 1998/Not a fixed term employment. 9 Not known. |
| Reason Required: | To measure trends in the labour market demand for graduates. |
Valid Entries
| 1 | Terminates in the period up to 31 March 2000. |
| 2 | Terminates between 01 April 2000 and 30 September 2000. |
| 3 | Terminates after 30 September 2000/Not a fixed term employment. |
| 9 | Not known. |
Validation Rules
| 007883 | If ACTONE is coded as 01 or 02 then this field must be completed. Otherwise this field must be blank. (Severity: 99) |
(M_ISFIELD(_ACTONE_,"01") || M_ISFIELD(_ACTONE_,"02"))? M_NOTEMPTY : M_EMPTY | |
| 007884 | The value in this field must be a valid code as detailed in the coding manual or blank. (Severity: 98) |
M_VALIDCODE || M_EMPTY |
