
The standard categories for publication from DLHE have now been agreed and are represented in the tables below. These definitions will be used by HESA for its publications and have been accepted by all of HESA's Statutory Customers for use in their own publications.
Employment circumstances are recorded in the record in Field 5, EMPCIR and study circumstances in Field 6, MODSTUDY.
| Employment circumstances | Full-time study (1) | Part-time study (2) | Not in study (3) |
| Employed full-time in paid work (01) | D | D | A |
| Employed part-time in paid work (02) | D | D | B |
| Self-employed/freelance (03) | D | D | A |
| Voluntary work/other unpaid work (15) | D | D | C |
| Permanently unable to work/retired (16) | G | G | G |
| Temporarily sick or unable to work/looking after the home or family (17) | E | E | G |
| Taking time out in order to travel (10) | G | G | G |
| Due to start a job within the next month (11) | E | F | F |
| Unemployed and looking for employment, further study or training (12) | E | F | F |
| Not employed but NOT looking for employment, further study or training (13) | E | E | O |
| Something else (14) | E | E | O |
| Question not answered (XX) | X | X | X |
Publication Categories
| A | Full-time paid work only (including self-employed) |
| B | Part-time paid work only |
| C | Voluntary/Unpaid work only |
| D | Work and further study |
| E | Further study only |
| F | Assumed to be unemployed |
| G | Not available for employment |
| O | Other |
| X | Explicit refusal |
Explicit refusal code X includes those graduates who are deceased.