. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 19.

Published in final edited form as: Socius. 2019 Sep 10;5:10.1177/2378023118817378. doi: 10.1177/2378023118817378

Table 4.

Comparison of Key Metadata-Intensive Tasks between Old and New Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study Metadata Systems.

	Old System	New System
Find all the questions about self-reported health	Search text of up to 18 PDF files (depending on respondents of interest), 20 min	One query, 1 min
Find all variables asked to the mother that are related to incarceration	Search text of 6 PDF files, 15 min	One query, 1 min
Identify all potential respondents and waves for a specific question	Search text of 18 PDF files, 20 min	One query, 1 min
List all the questions that the mother answers about the father	Search text of 6 PDF files, 30 min	One query, 1 min