gender #

The concept we in STRONG AYA refer to as “gender” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C158277.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Gender Identity” and is defined as “A person’s internally held sense of their gender, which may or may not correspond to the individual’s genotypic or phenotypic sex.”

gender values #

In STRONG AYA, this concept is recorded as “male”, “female”, “transgender”, “non-binary”, “other” and “missing_or_unspecified”.

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “male” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C46109.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Male Gender” and is defined as “An individual who reports belonging to the cultural gender role distinction of male.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “female” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C46110.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Female Gender” and is defined as “An individual who reports belonging to the cultural gender role distinction of female.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “transgender” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C154421.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Transgender” and is defined as “A person whose gender identity or gender expression differs from their assigned sex.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “non-binary” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C160941.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Gender Variant” and is defined as “An individual who does not conform to a male/female gender identity.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “other” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C154420.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Other Gender” and is defined as “A response indicating that an individual identifies with a gender category not included in the existing list of values.”

The value we in STRONG AYA refer to as “missing_or_unspecified” is identifiable through shortcode ncit:C54031.
In standard vocabularies this shortcode refers to “Missing” and is defined as “Not existing; not able to be found.”