Participant Level Data Collection

Participant Level Data rules (including Age):

Participant level data collection will include one or more entries with five fields: Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Age, and Age Unit. Data can be uploaded as a CSV file through ASSIST UI, or submitted as XML through S2S.

Race, Ethnicity, Sex must contain valid values per OMB standards (consistent with Grants.gov form). For S2S these should be enforced in the XML schema. - (DAT attached)

Race values are:

• American Indian

• Asian

• Hawaiian

• Black

• White

• More than one race

• Unknown

Ethnic values are:

• Not Hispanic or Latino

• Hispanic or Latino

• Unknown

Sex values are:

• Male

• Female

• Unknown

Age must be a whole number between 0 and 9999 (four digits).

NOTE: If the Age Units are any value other than Ninety Plus or Unknown, an Age number is required. If Ninety Plus or Unknown is specified as the Age Unit, the Age number must be blank.

Age Unit values are:

• Minutes

• Hours

• Days

• Weeks

• Months

• Years

• Ninety Plus

• Unknown