Characteristics of Family - Subject Baseline

This measure appears in the following time-points: 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. 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, and a description of the relationship with parents (not limited to biological) while growing up.

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 summary variables:

A marker when biological mother has been arrested and/or jailed [s0arrmom]
A marker when biological father has been arrested and/or jailed [s0arrdad]
A marker when both biological parents have been arrested and/or jailed [s0arrbth]
A marker when any family members that have been arrested and/or jailed also live at the subject's home address [S0CrimeAth]
A count of the number of family members that have been arrested and/or jailed that also live at the subject's home address [S0FCAth]
Relationship of family members arrested and/or jailed that also live at the subject's home address, found in: [S0CrimeAtH_Rel1], [S0CrimeAtH_Rel2], [S0CrimeAtH_Rel3], [S0CrimeAtH_Rel4],[S0CrimeAtH_Rel5]
Proportion of family members that have been arrested and/or jailed and also live at the subject's home address [S0PCrimeAth]
A marker when biological father has been in a mental hospital [s0dad_mh]
A marker when biological mother has been in a mental hospital [s0mom_mh]
A marker when either biological mother or father has been in a mental hospital [s0MHbiopar]
A marker indicating if biological mom had past or current drug problem [s0mom_drug]
A marker indicating if biological dad had a past or current drug problem [s0dad_drug]
A marker indicating if biological mom had a past alcohol problem [s0mompastalc]
A marker indicating if biological mom has a current alcohol problem [s0momcurrentalc]
A marker for presence or absence of both past and current alcohol problems for bio mom [s0momalcstat]
A marker for combining past and current drug and alcohol problems for bio mom [s0mom_substance]
Number of family members that have been in a mental hospital [s0num_mh]

The following individual items are also available:

Presence of biological parents and generation questions, found in:

Is your biological mother living [S0rel160]
How old were you when she died [S0rel161]
Is your biological father living [S0rel162]
How old were you when he died [S0rel163]
Biological parents marital status [S0rel164]
Was your biological mother born in the US [S0rel165]
Was your biological father born in the US [S0rel166]

Language spoken by parents, found in:

Language mom/female guardian speaks most [S0rel167]
Language mom/female guardian speaks most (specify) [S0rel168]
Language dad/male guardian speaks most [S0rel169]
Language dad/male guardian speaks most (specify) [S0rel170]

Employment status of parents, found in:

Job type - mother current job [S0CurJob_Mom]
Job type - mother last job [S0LastJob_Mom]
Job type - father current job [S0CurJob_Dad]
Job type - father past job [S0LastJob_Dad]

Siblings in the household, found in:

Do you have brothers or sisters [S0rel179]
Total number of brothers and sisters [S0rel180]
Whether each sibling is a brother or sister [S0Bors], [S0BorS2], [S0BorS3], [S0BorS4], [S0BorS5], [S0BorS6], [S0BorS7], [S0BorS8], [S0BorS9], [S0BorS10]
Age of each sibling [S0AgeBS], [S0AgeBS2], [S0AgeBS3], [S0AgeBS4], [S0AgeBS5], [S0AgeBS6], [S0AgeBS7], [S0AgeBS8], [S0AgeBS9], [S0AgeB10]
Whether each sibling lives in the subjects household [S0ResBS], [S0ResBS2], [S0ResBS3], [S0ResBS4], [S0ResBS5], [S0ResBS6], [S0ResBS7], [S0ResBS8], [S0ResBS9], [S0ResB10]

Family history of arrest, found in:

Anyone in your family ever been arrested [S0rel197]
Anyone in family been in jail or prison [S0rel198]
How many family members arrested OR jailed [S0rel199]
Relationship of each relative [S0RelFM], [S0RelFM2], [S0RelFM3], [S0RelFM4], [S0RelFM5]
Was each relative jailed or only arrested [S0DispFM], [S0DispF2], [S0DispF3], [S0DispF4], [S0DispF5]
Whether each relative is currently in jail [S0PresFM], [S0PresF2], [S0PresF3], [S0PresF4], [S0PresF5]
Whether each relative currently lives in the subject's household [S0HomeFM], [S0HomeF2], [S0HomeF3], [S0HomeF4], [S0HomeF5]
Age of each relative [S0AgeFM], [S0AgeFM2], [S0AgeFM3], [S0AgeFM4], [S0AgeFM5]
Whether each relative is a birth relative [S0BirFM], [S0BirFM2], [S0BirFM3], [S0BirFM4], [S0BirFM5]
Whether each relative has problems with drugs/alcohol [S0AlchFM], [S0AlchF2], [S0AlchF3], [S0AlchF4], [S0AlchF5]

Family history of mental hospitalization, found in:

Any family members ever been in a mental hospital [S0rel231]
Relationship of each relative in a mental hospital [S0RelFMH], [S0RelFM6], [S0RelFM7], [S0RelFM8], [S0RelFM9]
Whether each family member is currently in a mental hospital [S0PresF6], [S0PresF7], [S0PresF8], [S0PresF9], [S0Pres10]
Whether each relative lives in the subjects household [S0HomeF6], [S0HomeF7], [S0HomeF8], [S0HomeF9], [S0Home10]
Age of each relative [S0AgeFMH], [S0AgeFM6], [S0AgeFM7], [S0AgeFM8], [S0AgeFM9]
Whether each relative is a birth relative [S0BirFMH], [S0BirFM6], [S0BirFM7], [S0BirFM8], [S0BirFM9]

Relationship with family growing up, found in:

Did your parents get along [S0rel300]
Did your parents have arguments [S0rel301]
Did your parents have physical fights [S0rel302]
How often do you see siblings [S0rel310]

Data Issues

There is a lot of missing data regarding the biological father; therefore, many of the substance markers are not available for the biological father.
Computed items for relatives that have been arrested and/or jailed and live at the subject's home address are computed differently at baseline and follow-ups. These items are not computed at follow-ups if the subject spent more than half of the recall period in an institutional setting. At baseline there is no threshold for how long they had to be living at the home address for them to receive a computed score.

References

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