how do i get the checkbox value in ajax/jquery when using spring form

I have a group of checkboxes deefined by path deliveryStatus as shown below

<form:checkbox path="deliveryStatus" value="notDelivered"/>
<form:checkbox path="deliveryStatus" value="delivered"/>

I read two examples which are very nice

Example #1

Example #2 from StackOverflow

I notice the ID comes as deliveryStatus1 and deliveryStatus2 and not deliveryStatus therefore approach mentioned in Example #1 does not work for me directly. Also when using the solution mentioned in example #2 (considering the parent tag ID to be deliveryStatus) I do not get any result.

$('#deliveryStatus').is(":checked");

returns false and

$('#deliveryStatus').val();

gives me undefined

What is the correct way to get the selected/checked checkbox for my form(deliveryStatus) in jquery/ajax.

I noticed below code works after I realized IDs to be deliveryStatus1 and deliveryStatus2

var deliverystatus =  $('#deliveryStatus1').val();
alert( 'deliverystatus' );
deliverystatus = $('#deliveryStatus1').is(":checked");
alert( deliverystatus );
deliverystatus = $('#deliveryStatus2').is(":checked");
alert( deliverystatus );

But do not feel this is the correct way to get the checked option. Reason being there are multiple checkboxes.

Reading the Example #1 I am considering there should be a better way to read those multiple checkboxes with same path value

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Update to Question

Explicitly adding ID like below

<form:checkbox path="deliveryStatus" id="deliveryStatus" value="notDelivered"/>
<form:checkbox path="deliveryStatus" id="deliveryStatus" value="delivered"/>

allows me to get value by

$('#deliveryStatus:checked').val();

This is valid only if there is one selection. Therefore may not be very correct when there is multiple selection