Table 4:

Public Health Social History Elements, Axes, and Values by Statement Type.

Statement Type	Element	Example Values or Patterns	Distribution of element usage
ALCOHOL USE (n=23)	Status	current, ever	17%
	Temporal	past <#> <timeunit>, entire life, any one year, <age in years> first drank	96%
	Method	oral	96%
	Type	beer, wine, hard liquor, malt liquor	48%
	Amount	≥1 drink, ≥5 drinks (no gender difference), ≥4 drinks(woman)/ ≥5 drinks(man)	96%
	Frequency	<#> <days/times> / <week/month/year/past 30 days/past year/entire life>, almost everyday	52%
	Certainty	yes/present, no/absent, don’t know/not sure, refused	100%
	Experiencer	you, spouse	100%
DRUG USE (n=31)	Status	ever	26%
	Temporal	last smoked, <timeunit> since last use, last 30 days, age at first use, lifelong	71%
	Method	smoke, injection	35%
	Type	cocaine, crack, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, hashish, steroids, other drugs, unprescribed drugs, injection drugs	97%
	Amount	<#> of joints	3%
	Frequency	once per month, <#> times per month, <#> days in last month, <#> times of lifetime use, even once	61%
	Certainty	yes, no, refused, don’t know	100%
	Experiencer	you	100%
OCCUPATION (n=22)	Status	current, ever	18%
	Temporal	present, last week, when you were at work	41%
	Method	paid by salary, never worked, paid by the hour, paid by the job/task, paid some other way, looking for work, disabled, retired, employed, on layoff	18%
	Type	<occupation>, armed services, industry type, <activity type>, taking care of house of family member, going to school, state government employee	45%
	Subtype	another schedule, a rotating shift, a regular night shift, a regular daytime shift	9%
	Amount	<#> hours, <#> days/weeks/months/years	9%
	Frequency	more than 35 hours per week, less than 35 hours per week	18%
	Location	at all jobs and businesses, at main job or business, <employer name>	32%
	Certainty	yes, no, refused, don’t know	100%
	Experiencer	you, non-SP head, SP	91%
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (n=8)	Temporal	past month, on days of activity ≥10 minutes	38%
	Type	any physical activity, mostly sitting or standing, mostly walking, mostly heavy labor or strenuous activity, moderate activity, vigorous activity	100%
	Amount	≥10 minutes, <#:## hours:minutes> total time	75%
	Frequency	≥1 time/week, <#> times/week	63%
	Certainty	yes/present, no/absent, don’t know/not sure, refused	100%
	Experiencer	you	100%
	Location	at work, not at work	38%
RESIDENCE (n=6)	Status	current	50%
	Method	own, rent, other arrangement without paying rent, born	67%
	Type	home, other (group home, stay with friends/family without rent)	17%
	Location	<FIPS country code>, <zip code>, USA, other country, <state abbreviation>	83%
	Certainty	yes/present, no/absent, don’t know/not sure, refused	67%
	Experiencer	you, non-SP head	100%
TOBACCO USE (n=62)	Status	current, past (quit), quit attempt	16%
	Temporal	entire life, past <#> <months/days>, <age in years> first started to smoke, <#> <days/weeks/months/years> since quit, <#> minutes after waking up	16%
	Method	smoke, stop smoke	77%
	Type	cigarettes, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, cigar, pipe, nicotine patch/gum	71%
	Subtype	<UPC code>, <brand>, <filtered/unfiltered>, <mentholated/non-mentholated>, <size category>, <brand qualifiers>	15%
	Amount	<#> [cigarettes/average cigarettes], ≥100, ≥<#> or <#> puffs	19%
	Frequency	regularly, some days, daily, not at all, fairly regularly, <#> days/month	35%
	Certainty	yes/present, no/absent, don’t know/not sure, refused	85%
	Experiencer	you, spouse, <name>, anyone who lives here	90%
	Location	anywhere inside home	3%