# getDemographicAttributes

This method returns the list of valid names and values for the [demographic attribute objects](https://emotiv.gitbook.io/cortex-api/subject-object#demographic-attribute-object).

*This method was added in Cortex 2.1*

## Parameters

| Name        | Type     | Required | Description                                                                                     |
| ----------- | -------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| cortexToken | `string` | yes      | A token returned by [authorize](https://emotiv.gitbook.io/cortex-api/authentication/authorize). |

## Result

The result is an array of objects. Each object contain these fields:

| Name  | Type               | Description                                             |
| ----- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| name  | `string`           | The name of the demographic attribute.                  |
| value | `array of strings` | The list of all the possible values for this attribute. |

## Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request" %}

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "getDemographicAttributes",
    "params": {
        "cortexToken": "xxx"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```javascript
{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": [
    {
        "name": "Education",
        "value": [
            "Below high school",
            "High school or equivalent",
            "Vocational/technical training",
            "Bachelor's degree",
            "Master's degree",
            "Doctoral degree",
            "Prof. degree (medical, law, etc. )"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "Handedness",
        "value": [
            "Left",
            "Right",
            "Ambidextrous",
            "Unspecified"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "Language ability",
        "value": [
            "Native Language Only",
            "Bilingual",
            "Multilingual"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "Musical skills",
        "value": [
            "None",
            "Single instrumentalist",
            "Multi-instrumentalist",
            "Vocalist",
            "Vocalist & instrumentalist"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "Profession",
        "value": [
            "Architecture",
            "Art and design",
            "Entertainment and media",
            "Sports",
            "Building and grounds cleaning",
            "Business and finance",
            "Community and social service",
            "Computer and mathematical",
            "Construction and extraction",
            "Engineering",
            "Education and training",
            "Farming, fishing, and forestry",
            "Food preparation and serving",
            "Healthcare practitioners",
            "Healthcare technicians",
            "Healthcare support",
            "Installation and maintenance",
            "Legal",
            "Physical and social science",
            "Management",
            "Office and administration",
            "Personal care and service",
            "Production and manufacturing",
            "Protective service",
            "Sales",
            "Transportation and logistics",
            "Homemaker",
            "Retired",
            "Student",
            "Unemployed"
        ]
    }
    ]
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}