| TU | status by personal life/family arrangement d-out qh |
| SN | Marital status logically belongs here but is placed earlier in the classification (*+TG marital status* qh ah) because it is a basic demographic characteristic often considered together with age and gender. | |
| NT | +TGe marital status qh ah | |
| RT | +LL4e lifestyle qh ah |
| TU2 | status in the home qh |
| TU2.2 | . head of household qh |
| TU2.4 | . homemaker qh |
| RT | +TE8e male qh ah | |
| +TE10e female qh ah |
| TU2.6 | . dependent member of household qh |
| TU4 | household size qh |
| TU6e | status by type of residence qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | status by living arrangement |
| TU8 | status by type of neighborhood qh |
| SN | Neighborhood where a person lives. | |
| RT | +LR12e neighborhood qh ah | |
| +PVe geographical area qh ah | ||
| +TIe place of residence qh ah |
| TU8.2 | . type of neighborhood differences qh |
| TU8.4 | . private dwelling resident qh |
| TU8.6 | . public housing resident qh |
| RT | LR10.2e public housing qh ah |
| TU8.8e | . institutional resident qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | institutionalized population | |
| BT | +TZ4e special populations qh ah | |
| RT | TX10.2.2 inpatient qh ah |
| TU8.8.2 | . . nursing home resident qh |
| TU8.8.4e | . . jail inmate qh |
| ST | correctional institution resident | |
| prison inmate | ||
| prisoner | ||
| BT | +TV6.2e offender qh ah | |
| +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah | ||
| +TZ4e special populations qh ah | ||
| RT | +MN36.6.10.10e imprisonment qh ah | |
| MO4.12.2.2 jail qh ah |
| TU8.8.6 | . . homeless shelter resident qh |
| BT | +TU8.10e homeless qh ah | |
| RT | +MV10.4e homeless shelter qh ah |
| TU8.10e | . homeless qh |
| ST | street person | |
| NT | MV12.2 outreach to the homeless qh ah | |
| TU8.8.6 homeless shelter resident qh ah | ||
| BT | +TR4.2e economically disadvantaged qh ah | |
| +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah | ||
| +TZ4e special populations qh ah | ||
| RT | LR12.8e skid row qh ah | |
| MK10.6e homelessness qh ah | ||
| +MV10.4e homeless shelter qh ah |
| TU8.10.2e | . . runaway youth qh |
| BT | +TA14e adolescent qh ah | |
| +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah |
| TV | status by work life arrangement d-out qh |
| SN | This heading brings together categories related to a person's working life or other aspects of life in society in general. Thus, it includes *+TV2 employment status* qh ah, *+TS4 status by organizational role* qh ah, *+TV4 civilian and military status* qh ah, and *+TV6 criminal status* qh ah. | |
| NT | +TS4 status by organizational role qh ah |
| TV2e | employment status qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| BT | +MU14.8 change in job status qh ah | |
| RT | +MU6.4 employment and unemployment qh ah | |
| TS4.6 job applicant qh ah |
| TV2.2e | . employed qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| SN | In the labor force and working. |
| TV2.2.2 | . . temporarily employed qh |
| TV2.2.4 | . . permanently employed qh |
| TV2.2.6 | . . part-time employed qh |
| TV2.2.8 | . . full-time employed qh |
| RT | MU6.4.2.2 full employment qh ah |
| TV2.2.10 | . . underemployed qh |
| RT | MU6.4.4.2 underemployment qh ah |
| TV2.4e | . unemployed qh |
| SN | In the labor force, but not working. | |
| ST | jobless | |
| BT | +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah | |
| +TZ4e special populations qh ah | ||
| RT | +MU6.4.4e unemployment qh ah | |
| TR4.2.4e welfare recipient qh ah |
| TV2.6 | . not in the labor force qh |
| HN | Introduced 2000. |
| TV2.8e | . retired qh |
| ST | retiree | |
| BT | +TZ4e special populations qh ah | |
| RT | MU14.8.10.6 retirement qh ah | |
| +TA16.6e elderly qh ah | ||
| +TK4.4e disabled qh ah |
| TV2.8.2 | . . social security recipient qh |
| TV4 | civilian and military status qh |
| TV4.2 | . civilian qh |
| TV4.4e | . military qh |
| RT | +MP10.10e armed forces qh ah |
| TV4.4.2 | . . active military qh |
| TV4.4.4 | . . reserve military qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. |
| TV4.4.6 | . . retired military qh |
| TV4.4.8e | . . veteran qh |
| BT | +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah |
| TV4.4.8.2e | . . . Vietnam veteran qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| RT | PQ6.4.16 Vietnam War period qh ah |
| TV6e | criminal status qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | accomplice | |
| delinquent | ||
| deviant | ||
| BT | +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah | |
| RT | +TL4e AOD user qh ah |
| TV6.2e | . offender qh |
| SN | Anybody who committed an illegal act. Combine with a descriptor from *+MM crime and violence* qh ah as appropriate. | |
| ST | criminal | |
| NT | TU8.8.4e jail inmate qh ah | |
| BT | +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah | |
| RT | +MM crime and violence qh ah | |
| MM8.2 crime prevention qh ah | ||
| MM20.10.4.2e drug smuggling qh ah | ||
| +TL4e AOD user qh ah |
| TV6.2.4e | . . juvenile delinquent qh |
| BT | +TD2.2 below majority age qh ah |
| TV6.2.6e | . . AOD offender qh |
| HN | Introduced 2000. |
| TV6.2.6.2 | . . . drug offender qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. |
| TV6.2.6.2.2 | . . . . convicted drug user qh |
| BT | +TL4e AOD user qh ah |
| TV6.2.6.2.4 | . . . . drug dealer qh |
| RT | MM20.10.6.2e drug dealing qh ah |
| TV6.2.8e | . . first-time offender qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| TV6.2.10e | . . repeat offender qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| ST | habitual offender | |
| multiple offender | ||
| RT | MM6.4e recidivism qh ah |
| TV6.2.12e | . . parolee qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| TW | status by relationship to others d-out qh |
| SN | The following descriptors describe persons or groups that are defined by their relationship to another group, such as children of alcoholics. These descriptors can be combined with a descriptor for the related group, for example, *+TW2.8 parent* qh ah and *+TK4.4.4 physically disabled* qh ah. A few combinations that are very well established in the field are included as precombined descriptors. | |
| RT | +LUe type of relationship and interaction qh ah | |
| +TNe student qh ah | ||
| +TT2e health care worker qh ah | ||
| TT30.4e teacher qh ah |
| TW2 | status by family relationship qh |
| ST | family member | |
| RT | JF14e agents delivering the intervention qh ah | |
| +LGe family and kinship qh ah | ||
| +LG18e family relations qh ah | ||
| +LG18.12e family role qh ah | ||
| +Te demographic characteristics qh ah | ||
| TW4.4 girlfriend or boyfriend qh ah | ||
| TW4.6 sexual partner qh ah |
| TW2.2 | . type of family relation qh |
| SN | These descriptors are used in combination with any of the family relation descriptors, unless they are already precombined. |
| TW2.2.2e | . . biological family relation qh |
| NT | +TW2.8.8.4 teenage mother qh ah | |
| +TW2.10.2e offspring qh ah | ||
| TW2.10.4.2 biological child of AOD user qh ah | ||
| +TW2.12.2 biological sibling qh ah | ||
| RT | +TW2.8.8.8 single mother qh ah | |
| TW2.8.10.2 single father qh ah |
| TW2.2.4 | . . step family relation qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. | |
| RT | LG6.4.2 blended family qh ah |
| TW2.2.6e | . . adoptive family relation qh |
| SN | Broadly defined to mean any type of relationship in which an adult assumes the parent role for a child not his or her own. | |
| NT | TW2.10.4.4 adopted child of AOD user qh ah | |
| TW2.12.4 adoptive sibling qh ah |
| TW2.2.8 | . . surrogate family relation qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. | |
| SN | Friend as parent (does not include a parent who pays for a woman to carry a baby to term, i.e., surrogate motherhood). |
| TW2.2.10 | . . foster family relation qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. | |
| ST | foster relationship |
| TW2.2.12 | . . in-law family relation qh |
| TW2.4e | . spouse or significant other qh |
| SN | Broadly defined to include a partner in any marriage-like union. | |
| ST | marriage or cohabitation partner | |
| significant other | ||
| spouse | ||
| NT | TL12.4.4e abused spouse qh ah | |
| RT | +LF8e cohabitation and marriage qh ah | |
| +LF12 role of intimate qh ah | ||
| +MM26.6.2e spouse abuse qh ah | ||
| +TE gender qh ah | ||
| TW4.4 girlfriend or boyfriend qh ah | ||
| TW4.6 sexual partner qh ah |
| TW2.4.2 | . . spouse of AOD user qh |
| TW2.6e | . grandparent qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| NT | LG18.12.2.6 role of grandparent qh ah | |
| RT | +TA16.6e elderly qh ah |
| TW2.8e | . parent qh |
| NT | JG10.4.6.6e parent AOD education qh ah | |
| +LG18.12.2 role of parent qh ah | ||
| RT | JF14e agents delivering the intervention qh ah | |
| +TW status by relationship to others qh ah |
| TW2.8.6e | . . single parent qh |
| NT | +TW2.8.8.8 single mother qh ah | |
| TW2.8.10.2 single father qh ah | ||
| BT | +TG2 single qh ah | |
| RT | LG10.12 single-parent family qh ah |
| TW2.8.8e | . . mother qh |
| ST | woman with children | |
| NT | LG18.12.2.2 role of mother qh ah | |
| BT | +TE10e female qh ah | |
| RT | TE10.4.2 pregnant woman qh ah |
| TW2.8.8.4 | . . . teenage mother qh |
| BT | +TA14e adolescent qh ah | |
| +TW2.2.2e biological family relation qh ah | ||
| RT | TE10.6 pregnant teen qh ah |
| TW2.8.8.4.2 | . . . . single teenage mother qh |
| BT | +TG2 single qh ah | |
| +TW2.8.8.8 single mother qh ah | ||
| +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah |
| TW2.8.8.8 | . . . single mother qh |
| NT | TW2.8.8.4.2 single teenage mother qh ah | |
| BT | +TG2 single qh ah | |
| +TW2.8.6e single parent qh ah | ||
| RT | +TW2.2.2e biological family relation qh ah |
| TW2.8.10e | . . father qh |
| NT | LG18.12.2.4 role of father qh ah | |
| BT | +TE8e male qh ah |
| TW2.8.10.2 | . . . single father qh |
| BT | +TG2 single qh ah | |
| +TW2.8.6e single parent qh ah | ||
| RT | +TW2.2.2e biological family relation qh ah |
| TW2.10 | . child (family member) qh |
| SN | Combine with proper *+TA age* qh ah. | |
| ST | children | |
| progeny | ||
| NT | +LG18.12.4 role of child qh ah |
| TW2.10.2e | . . offspring qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. | |
| SN | This term applies to human genetic studies and nonhuman animals. | |
| NT | TL8.2e AOD-impaired offspring qh ah | |
| BT | +TW2.2.2e biological family relation qh ah | |
| RT | +RJ6.2e animal study qh ah |
| TW2.10.4 | . . child of AOD user qh |
| SN | Either grown up or still under age. | |
| ST | child of substance abusing parent | |
| COSA | ||
| BT | +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah | |
| RT | +TL6.2.6e postnatally AOD-exposed child qh ah |
| TW2.10.4.2 | . . . biological child of AOD user qh |
| BT | +TW2.2.2e biological family relation qh ah |
| TW2.10.4.4 | . . . adopted child of AOD user qh |
| BT | +TW2.2.6e adoptive family relation qh ah |
| TW2.10.4.6e | . . . children of alcoholics qh |
| SN | Persons with at least one parent who is or was an alcoholic. | |
| ST | children of alcoholic parent | |
| CoA | ||
| RT | +AN6.2e codependence qh ah | |
| +LG18.10.6e family dysfunction qh ah |
| TW2.10.4.6.2e | . . . . adult children of alcoholics qh |
| ST | ACOA | |
| BT | +TA16e adult qh ah |
| TW2.10.6e | . . child without parent qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. ETOH descriptor 2000. |
| TW2.10.6.2 | . . . orphan qh |
| TW2.10.6.4 | . . . charge of the court qh |
| ST | child of the court |
| TW2.10.8e | . . daughter qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 1995. | |
| BT | +TE10e female qh ah |
| TW2.10.10e | . . son qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 1995. | |
| BT | +TE8e male qh ah |
| TW2.12e | . sibling qh |
| NT | LG18.12.6 role of sibling qh ah | |
| RT | LG18.4 sibling relations qh ah |
| TW2.12.2 | . . biological sibling qh |
| BT | +TW2.2.2e biological family relation qh ah |
| TW2.12.2.2e | . . . twin qh |
| NT | RJ8.2.2.2e twin study qh ah |
| TW2.12.2.2.2 | . . . . monozygotic twin qh |
| ST | identical twin |
| TW2.12.2.2.4 | . . . . heterozygotic twin qh |
| ST | dizygotic twin | |
| fraternal twin |
| TW2.12.2.2.6 | . . . . twins growing up together qh |
| TW2.12.2.2.8 | . . . . twins separated at birth qh |
| TW2.12.4 | . . adoptive sibling qh |
| BT | +TW2.2.6e adoptive family relation qh ah |
| TW2.14 | . relative (related person) qh |
| TW2.16 | . status by family background qh |
| SN | Present or former member of a family that can be characterized by additional index terms. |
| TW2.16.2 | . . member of unstable family qh |
| SN | Member or former member of an unstable or low-cohesion family. | |
| BT | +TZ2e high-risk group qh ah |
| TW4 | status by social relationship qh |
| RT | +LC8 group composition qh ah | |
| +LF12 role of intimate qh ah |
| TW4.2 | . intimate qh |
| RT | +MG2e social group qh ah |
| TW4.4 | . girlfriend or boyfriend qh |
| RT | +TE gender qh ah | |
| +TW2 status by family relationship qh ah | ||
| +TW2.4e spouse or significant other qh ah |
| TW4.6 | . sexual partner qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. | |
| RT | +FR24e sexual behavior qh ah | |
| +JH10.6.6e safe sex qh ah | ||
| +LF4 sexual relations qh ah | ||
| +TW2 status by family relationship qh ah | ||
| +TW2.4e spouse or significant other qh ah |
| TW4.8e | . friend qh |
| RT | JF14e agents delivering the intervention qh ah | |
| LU8.2.2.6.2 friendship qh ah |
| TW4.10 | . roommate qh |
| RT | +LF8e cohabitation and marriage qh ah |
| TW6 | status by work relationship qh |
| HN | Introduced 2000. |
| TW6.2 | . supervisor qh |
| HN | Introduced 2000. | |
| RT | JF14e agents delivering the intervention qh ah | |
| +TS4.4e manager qh ah |
| TW6.4 | . coworker qh |
| TW8 | peer qh |
| BT | +LC2.14e peer relations qh ah | |
| RT | JF14e agents delivering the intervention qh ah | |
| +JG10.4.8e peer prevention qh ah | ||
| +MG2.2.2.4e peer group qh ah |
| TW10 | codependent qh |
| NT | MU2.12.2 codependent coworker qh ah | |
| RT | +AN6.2e codependence qh ah | |
| LG2.6.2 codependent family member qh ah |
| TW12e | caregiver qh |
| HN | Introduced 2000. |
| TX | status by relationship to program d-out qh |
| SN | With emphasis on participation in prevention and treatment. | |
| RT | +LW participation qh ah | |
| +TK status by ability or handicap qh ah | ||
| +TL status by disorder or victimization qh ah |
| TX2e | client qh |
| SN | Use when none of the more specific descriptors given below apply. |
| TX4 | member of target group qh |
| SN | Use when none of the more specific descriptors given below apply. |
| TX6 | program applicant qh |
| SN | Prevention or treatment program applicant. |
| TX8 | program no show qh |
| TX10 | program participant or patient qh |
| SN | Prevention or treatment program participant or patient. | |
| ST | prevention or treatment program client |
| TX10.2e | . patient qh |
| RT | +RJ8.2e individual as study subject qh ah |
| TX10.2.2 | . . inpatient qh |
| RT | +TU8.8e institutional resident qh ah |
| TX10.2.4 | . . outpatient qh |
| RT | +JM8.4e outpatient care qh ah |
| TX10.4 | . program participant qh |
| SN | Used for participants of treatment programs that are not sufficiently clinically oriented to call the participants patients. |
| TX10.6 | . self-help group participant qh |
| TX12 | former program participant qh |
| SN | Former prevention or treatment program participant. |
| TX12.2e | . program completer qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| SN | Prevention or treatment program completer. | |
| RT | JP20.8e treatment completion qh ah |
| TX12.4e | . program dropout qh |
| SN | Prevention or treatment program dropout. | |
| RT | JP10.2.16e patient retention qh ah | |
| LW8.4.2 withdraw from or withdrawal qh ah | ||
| +TP4e school dropout qh ah |
| TY | status by temporary activity d-out qh |
| SN | This brings together a number of descriptors, such as *+TY4 driver* qh ah, which define a group of interest for study, but in which group membership is only temporary. | |
| RT | +TL10 injured person qh ah |
| TY2 | pedestrian qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. | |
| NT | +OR8.12.4e pedestrian accident qh ah |
| TY4 | driver qh |
| NT | TL10.2 injured driver qh ah | |
| RT | TT38.2 truck driver qh ah |
| TY4.4e | . impaired driver qh |
| ST | AOD impaired driver | |
| drunk driver | ||
| drunken driver | ||
| BT | +TL8e AOD-impaired qh ah | |
| RT | +AN8.4 AOD use and driving qh ah | |
| OM2e driver performance qh ah |
| TY4.6e | . designated driver qh |
| RT | +AN8.4.4e drinking and driving qh ah | |
| JG24.2.2e ride program qh ah | ||
| OM2e driver performance qh ah |
| TY6e | passenger qh |
| HN | ETOH descriptor 2000. | |
| NT | TL10.4 injured passenger qh ah |
| TY8 | traveler qh |
| RT | +LR physical context or place qh ah | |
| +VA geographic area qh ah |
| TY8.2 | . tourist qh |
| TY10 | witness qh |
| RT | MO6.8.4 testimony qh ah |
| TY10.2 | . expert witness qh |
| TZ | high-risk group and special population d-out qh |
| ST | critical populations |
| TZ2e | high-risk group qh |
| SN | This heading assembles, primarily for the convenience of searching or indexing, groups that often are considered at high risk of AOD use but have their primary place elsewhere in the classification. | |
| NT | TE10.6 pregnant teen qh ah | |
| +TK4.4e disabled qh ah | ||
| +TL12.4e victim of abuse qh ah | ||
| +TL12.4.2e abused as child qh ah | ||
| TL12.4.2.2e latchkey child qh ah | ||
| TL12.4.4e abused spouse qh ah | ||
| +TN4.2 student failing academically qh ah | ||
| TN4.2.2e potential school dropout qh ah | ||
| +TP4e school dropout qh ah | ||
| +TR4.2e economically disadvantaged qh ah | ||
| TT34.2e migrant worker qh ah | ||
| TU8.8.4e jail inmate qh ah | ||
| +TU8.10e homeless qh ah | ||
| TU8.10.2e runaway youth qh ah | ||
| TV2.4e unemployed qh ah | ||
| +TV4.4.8e veteran qh ah | ||
| +TV6e criminal status qh ah | ||
| +TV6.2e offender qh ah | ||
| TW2.8.8.4.2 single teenage mother qh ah | ||
| +TW2.10.4 child of AOD user qh ah | ||
| TW2.16.2 member of unstable family qh ah | ||
| RT | JC4.4.2e selective prevention qh ah | |
| +MT10.4 risk qh ah |
| TZ2.2e | . high-risk youth qh |
| SN | Youth that experience multiple risk factors at high levels. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-570), Section 509A [a] defines high-risk youth as those who: are economically
disadvantaged; are runaways or homeless; are school dropouts; are pregnant; have mental health problems; have attempted suicide; have parents who are substance abusers; are victims of physical,
sexual, or psychological abuse; are involved in violent or delinquent acts.
Places to find high-risk children or youth for selective prevention: (1) Children living in high-risk families, (2) children of abusers of AOD in drug treatment or self-help groups. (3) Children of mentally and antisocial parents in treatment. (4) children of criminally involved parents. (5) Children living in neighborhoods of high crime and poverty. (6) physically and sexually abused children referred to protective services. (7) immigrant children experiencing high immigration stress and conflict with their parents. | |
| ST | youth in high risk environments | |
| BT | +TA14e adolescent qh ah | |
| RT | +JA6 risk and protective factors qh ah |
| TZ4e | special populations qh |
| SN | This heading assembles a number of groups that are often considered special from one viewpoint or another.
Use this term when discussing groups in general or when addressing more than three groups. | |
| NT | +TA14e adolescent qh ah | |
| +TA16.6e elderly qh ah | ||
| +TF4 homosexual or bisexual qh ah | ||
| +TF4.2e homosexual qh ah | ||
| +TH10.4.2.2 North American Indian and Eskimo-Aleuts qh ah | ||
| +TH10.6.4 US minority racial or ethnic group qh ah | ||
| TH10.6.4.6e Hispanic qh ah | ||
| +TI6.4e immigrant qh ah | ||
| TI6.10e refugee qh ah | ||
| +TK4.4e disabled qh ah | ||
| +TNe student qh ah | ||
| TT22 military personnel qh ah | ||
| +TU8.8e institutional resident qh ah | ||
| TU8.8.4e jail inmate qh ah | ||
| +TU8.10e homeless qh ah | ||
| TV2.4e unemployed qh ah | ||
| +TV2.8e retired qh ah | ||
| RT | JG6e culturally sensitive prevention approach qh ah | |
| +MV12e outreach qh ah |
| TZ4.2 | . hidden populations qh |
| HN | Introduced 1995. |
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