Is there a toBoolean() Conversion? And How to Handle Booleans in the Data Store?

I’m a bit confused about booleans in the Data Store.

I have these two variables in my scheme which are both defined as booleans:

I’ve been struggling to set is_a_test from a checkbox, and finally realised I need to use is_a_test.checked to set it consistently. So now it appears as true/false.

But is_deleted is being read from the database and is getting values of 0 or 1. I’m thinking I should be converting it to a boolean for the datastore, but there isn’t an option for that in the menu.

What is the best way to handle booleans in a data store? Should I actually define values with a boolean function as numbers to have consistency with how I work with the database? (and avoid confusing myself?).

Best wishes,
Antony.