public static function check_user_status( $user_id = 0 ) {
		global $wpdb;

		if ( empty( $user_id ) ) {
			return false;
		}

		$user_status = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT user_status FROM {$wpdb->users} WHERE ID = %d", $user_id ) );

		/**
		 * Filters the user status of a provided user ID.
		 *
		 * @since 2.0.0
		 *
		 * @param int $value User status of the provided user ID.
		 */
		return apply_filters( 'bp_core_signups_check_user_status', intval( $user_status ) );
	}