Name Steward Organization Suggested Domain Suggested Domain Description Cde Group Classification
Parent's Employment Status Project 5 (COVID-19) Social determinants of health
Social determinants of health (e.g., financial, education, and living arrangements), but not environmental data (e.g., weather data, pollutant data)
NIH CDEs
  • Project 5 (COVID-19)
    • Tier 1

# Datatype
Value List

# Permissible value Value meaning definition Concept Concept source
Disabled, Permanent or Temporarily Groups with similar restrictions or lack or ability to perform physical or mental activities in a manner or within the range considered normal for a human being C16661 C16661 NCI Thesaurus
Employed full-time Employed for a standard number of hours of working time, at least 50% or 20 hours per week. C52658 C52658 NCI Thesaurus
Employed part-time Employment involving less than the standard or customary working time. C75562 C75562 NCI Thesaurus
Looking for Work, Unemployed An indication that an individual is seeking work C165487 C165487 NCI Thesaurus
Not employed and not looking for work To stop working at one's occupation; the state of being retired C78237 C75563:C25594:C16548 NCI Thesaurus
Only Temporarily Laid Off, Sick Leave or Maternity Leave An indication that an individual is temporarily not working due to being laid off or to being on a leave of absence because of an illness or the birth or adoption of a child. C177653:C148251:C37998:C172445 C177653:C148251:C37998:C172445 NCI Thesaurus
Other, Specify A directive to specify when the listed responses are not sufficient. C157101 C157101 NCI Thesaurus
Raising children full-time or Keeping House An indication that an individual is employed in their home, either raising children full-time or keeping house C165488 C165488 NCI Thesaurus
Retired The state of not having a job.:An operation in which a term denies or inverts the meaning of another term or construction.:An indication that an individual is seeking work. C75563:C25594:C16548 C78237 NCI Thesaurus
Student A person who is enrolled in an educational institution C75561 C75561 NCI Thesaurus
Working Now A question about whether an individual is currently employed C123286 C123286 NCI Thesaurus
Working without pay Exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something.: Used to indicate the absence or lack of something or someone.:Money or other benefits received in exchange for work. C74299:C25718:C180612 C74299:C25718:C180612 NCI Thesaurus

# Name Origin Origin Concept type
Employment NCI Thesaurus C25172 data element concept
Status NCI Thesaurus C25688 data element concept
Parent NCI Thesaurus C42709 data element concept

# Definition Sources
A textual description of the parent's employment status. Project 5

# Designation Tags
Parent's Employment Status
We would like to know about what parent does - is parent working now, looking for work, retired, keeping house, a student, or what? Preferred Question Text

# Identifier Origin Version
Z1gnf_Qxw7 NLM CDEs 12-02-2025-download