Characteristics of Family - Collateral Baseline

This measure appears in the following time-points: Collat_baseline.

Related Construct

Family Relationships

Description of Measure

This section of the codebook includes items from eight areas within the interview that describe aspects of the adolescent's family situation according to the collateral report. Specifically, we are including items here that describe the biological parent's generational status, the native language of the biological parents, educational attainment for parents (refers to parents they live with and is not limited to biological parents), employment status of parents (refers to parents they live with and is not limited to biological parents), presence of siblings in the household, criminal history of family members, the history of mental health hospitalization of family members, the history of substance use of family members.

Parental occupation was created using a seven-point scale ranging from 1 (unskilled employees) to 7 (major professionals) based on Hollingshead's occupational index (see Hollingshead, 1957).

We compute the following variables:

A marker when biological mother has been arrested and/or jailed [c0arrmom]
A marker when biological father has been arrested and/or jailed [c0arrdad]
A marker when both biological parents have been arrested and/or jailed [c0arrbth]
A marker when any family members that have been arrested and/or jailed also live at the subject's home address [C0CrimeAth]
A count of the number of family members that have been arrested and/or jailed that also live at the subject's home address [C0FCAth]
Relationship of family members arrested and/or jailed that also live at the subject's home address, found in: [C0CrimeAtH_Rel1], [C0CrimeAtH_Rel2], [C0CrimeAtH_Rel3], [C0CrimeAtH_Rel4], [C0CrimeAtH_Rel5]
Proportion of family members that have been arrested and/or jailed and also live at the subject's home address [C0PCrimeAth]
A marker when biological father has been in a mental hospital [c0dad_mh]
A marker when biological mother has been in a mental hospital [c0mom_mh]
A marker when either biological mother or father has been in a mental hospital [c0MHbiopar]
Number of family members that have been in a mental hospital [c0num_mh]
A marker indicating if biological mom had past or current drug problem [c0mom_drug]
A marker indicating if biological mom had a past alcohol problem [c0mompastalc]
A marker indicating if biological mom has a current alcohol problem [c0momcurrentalc]
A marker for presence or absence of both past and current alcohol problems for bio mom [c0momalcstat]
A marker for combining past and current drug and alcohol problems for bio mom [c0mom_substance]
A marker indicating if biological dad had past or current drug problem [c0dad_drug]
A marker indicating if biological dad had a past alcohol problem [c0dadpastalc]
A marker indicating if biological dad has a current alcohol problem [c0dadcurrentalc]
A marker for presence or absence of both past and current alcohol problems for bio dad [c0dadalcstat]
A marker for combining past and current drug and alcohol problems for bio dad [c0dad_substance]

The following individual items are also available:

Presence of biological parents and generation questions, found in:

Is the subject's biological mother living [C0_Rel158]
How old was the subject when she died [C0_Rel159]
Is the subject's biological father living [C0_Rel160]
How old was the subject when he died [C0_Rel161]
Biological parents marital status [C0_Rel162]
Was the subject's biological mother born in the US [C0_Rel163]
Was the subject's biological father born in the US [C0_Rel164]

Language spoken by the subject's parents, found in:

Language mom/female guardian speaks most [C0_rel165]
Language dad/male guardian speaks most [C0_rel167]

Employment status of parents, found in:

Job type - mother current job [C0CurJob_Mom]
Job type - mother last job [C0LastJob_Mom]
Job type - father current job [C0CurJob_Dad]
Job type - father past job [C0LastJob_Dad]
Average yearly household income [C0_HHInc]

Siblings in the household, found in:
Whether the subject has brothers or sisters [C0_Rel177]
Number of siblings [C0_Rel178]
Whether each sibling is a brother or sister [C0_brosis01_BorS], [C0_brosis02_BorS], [C0_brosis03_BorS], [C0_brosis04_BorS], [C0_brosis05_BorS], [C0_brosis06_BorS], [C0_brosis07_BorS], [C0_brosis08_BorS], [C0_brosis09_BorS], [C0_brosis10_BorS]
Age of each sibling [C0_brosis01_AgeBS], [C0_brosis02_AgeBS], [C0_brosis03_AgeBS], [C0_brosis04_AgeBS], [C0_brosis05_AgeBS], [C0_brosis06_AgeBS], [C0_brosis07_AgeBS], [C0_brosis08_AgeBS], [C0_brosis09_AgeBS], [C0_brosis10_AgeBS]
Whether each sibling lives in the subjects household [C0_brosis01_ResBS], [C0_brosis02_ResBS], [C0_brosis03_ResBS], [C0_brosis04_ResBS], [C0_brosis05_ResBS], [C0_brosis06_ResBS], [C0_brosis07_ResBS], [C0_brosis08_ResBS], [C0_brosis09_ResBS], [C0_brosis10_ResBS]
Family history of arrest, found in:

Whether any of the subject's family members have ever been arrested [C0_Rel197]
Whether any of the subject's family members have ever been in jail [C0_Rel198]
Number of family members ever arrested or jailed [C0_Rel199]
Whether any family members ever involved in illegal acts [C0_C1Q137]
Number of family members involved in illegal acts [C0_C1Q138]
Relationship of each relative [C0_famarr1_RelFM], [C0_famarr2_RelFM], [C0_famarr3_RelFM], [C0_famarr4_RelFM], [C0_famarr5_RelFM]
Was each relative jailed or only arrested [C0_famarr1_DispFM], [C0_famarr2_DispFM], [C0_famarr3_DispFM], [C0_famarr4_DispFM], [C0_famarr5_DispFM]
Whether each relative was in jail at the time of the subject interview [C0_famarr1_PresFM], [C0_famarr2_PresFM], [C0_famarr3_PresFM], [C0_famarr4_PresFM], [C0_famarr5_PresFM]
Whether each relative currently lives in the subjects household [C0_famarr1_HomeFM], [C0_famarr2_HomeFM], [C0_famarr3_HomeFM], [C0_famarr4_HomeFM], [C0_famarr5_HomeFM]
Age of relative [C0_famarr1_AgeFM], [C0_famarr2_AgeFM], [C0_famarr3_AgeFM], [C0_famarr4_AgeFM], [C0_famarr5_AgeFM]
Whether each relative is a birth relative [C0_famarr1_BirFM], [C0_famarr2_BirFM], [C0_famarr3_BirFM], [C0_famarr4_BirFM], [C0_famarr5_BirFM]

Family history of mental hospitalization, found in:

Whether any family members have ever been in a mental hospital [C0_Rel231]
Relationship of each relative in a mental hospital [C0_fammh1_RelFMH], [C0_fammh2_RelFMH], [C0_fammh3_RelFMH], [C0_fammh4_RelFMH]
Whether each relative was in a MH at the time of the subject interview [C0_fammh1_PresFMH], [C0_fammh2_PresFMH], [C0_fammh3_PresFMH], [C0_fammh4_PresFMH]
Whether each relative currently lives in the subjects household [C0_fammh1_HomeFMH], [C0_fammh2_HomeFMH], [C0_fammh3_HomeFMH], [C0_fammh4_HomeFMH]
Age of each relative [C0_fammh1_AgeFMH], [C0_fammh2_AgeFMH], [C0_fammh3_AgeFMH], [C0_fammh4_AgeFMH]
Whether each relative is a birth relative [C0_fammh1_BirFMH], [C0_fammh2_BirFMH], [C0_fammh3_BirFMH], [C0_fammh4_BirFMH]

Family history of problems with drugs and/or alcohol, found in:

Whether any family members have had problems with drugs and/or alcohol [C0_C1Q139]
Number of family members with a history of drug and/or alcohol probelsm [C0_C1Q140]

Relationship of each relative in a mental hospital [C0_famalc1_RelFDA], [C0_famalc2_RelFDA], [C0_famalc3_RelFDA], [C0_famalc4_RelFDA], [C0_famalc5_RelFDA]
Whether each relative had a problem with drugs, alcohol, or both [C0_famalc1_DispFDA], [C0_famalc2_DispFDA], [C0_famalc3_DispFDA], [C0_famalc4_DispFDA], [C0_famalc5_DispFDA]
Whether each relative had a drug/alcohol problem at the time of the subject interview [C0_famalc1_PresFDA], [C0_famalc2_PresFDA], [C0_famalc3_PresFDA], [C0_famalc4_PresFDA], [C0_famalc5_PresFDA]
Whether each relative currently lives in the subjects household [C0_famalc1_HomeFDA], [C0_famalc2_HomeFDA], [C0_famalc3_HomeFDA], [C0_famalc4_HomeFDA], [C0_famalc5_HomeFDA]
Age of each relative [C0_famalc1_AgeFDA], [C0_famalc2_AgeFDA], [C0_famalc3_AgeFDA], [C0_famalc4_AgeFDA], [C0_famalc5_AgeFDA]
Whether each relative is a birth relative [C0_famalc1_BirFDA], [C0_famalc2_BirFDA], [C0_famalc3_BirFDA], [C0_famalc4_BirFDA], [C0_famalc5_BirFDA]

Data Issues

There is a lot of missing data regarding the biological father's substance use at the subject baseline; therefore, many of the substance markers are not available for the biological father at the subject baseline interview. This data is, however, available at the collateral interview so these scores have been computed.
In the section regarding family history of drug/alcohol problems, the item DispFDA (was this a problem with drugs, alcohol, or both) was added to the interview in version 01.04.
In the subject baseline interview, a history of mental hospitalization is obtained for a maximum of five family members. In the collateral baseline, an error in the interview programming code limited this to four family members.

References

Hollingshead, August B. 1957. "Two Factor Index of Social Position," Mimeo. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University.