question about best way to store an up or down value

I'm creating a table for maintenance records.

In each record many of the values are simply checkboxes.

In the database for these attributes, is a good way to store the state of these checkboxes as simple as 0 for false, 1 for true?

-DavidWithout getting into design issues, the best way would be to use a BIT datatype, with 0 used to indicate FALSE or OFF, and 1 to indicate TRUE or ON.