Table A1:

Survey questions across domains

Domain	Trait Construction	Parent Question	Child Question (wave IV)	Child Question (wave V)
Resources
Income	Real $ amount ranked within generations	About how much total income, before taxes did your family receive in 1994? Include your own income, the income of everyone else in your household, and income from welfare benefits, dividends, and all other sources. [PA55]	Thinking about your income and the income of everyone who lives in your household and contributes to the household budget, what was the total household income before taxes and deductions in {2006/2007/2008}? Include all sources of income, including non-legal sources. [H4EC1]	What was the total household income before taxes and deductions in the last calendar year for all household members who contribute to household expenses? [h5ec2]
Education	Years of education ranked within generations	How far did you [your current spouse/partner] go in school? [PA12 & PB8]	What is the highest level of education that you have achieved to date? [H4ED2]	What is the highest level of education that you have achieved to date? [h5od11]
Public Assistance	Binary Any Assistance = 0	Are you receiving public assistance, such as welfare? [PA21]	Between {1995/2002} and {2006/2007/2008}, did you or others in your household receive any public assistance, welfare payments, or food stamps? [H4EC18]	N/A
Health
Overall Health	HALex adjusted health ranked within generations	How is your general physical health? [PA58] How is your current (spouse/partner)s general health? [PB21]	In general, how is your health? [H4GH1]	In general, how is your health? [h5id1]
Obesity	Binary BMI > 30 = 0 "Obesity" = 0	Does {NAME]'s biological father/mother currently have the following health problem (check all that apply): Obesity [PC49A_2 & PC49A_3]	Body Mass Index [H4BMI]	How tall are you in feet and inches? What is your current weight in pounds? [h5id3, h5id2f, h5id2i]
Smoking	Binary Ever Smoked = 0	Has he [resident mother/father] ever smoked cigarettes? [H1RM14 & H1RF14]	Have you ever smoked cigarettes regularly--that is, at least one cigarette every day for 30 days? [H4TO3] Daily smoker at Wave IV (constructed variable) [C4VAR035]	Have you ever smoked cigarettes regularly--that is, at least one cigarette every day for 30 days? [h5to1]
Binge Drinking	Days / month ranked within generations	How often in the last month have you had five or more drinks on one occasion? [PA62]	During the past 12 months, on how many days did you drink {5 or more/4 or more} drinks in a row? [H4TO37]	During the past 12 months, on how many days did you drink [female: 4/male: 5] or more drinks in a row? [h5to15]
Alcoholism	Binary "Alcoholism" or Abuse/dependence = 0	Does {NAME]'s biological mother/father currently have the following health problem (check all that apply): Alcoholism [PC49E_2 & PC49E_3]	Lifetime diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence (constructed variable) [C4VAR023]	N/A
Other
Incarceration		(Has/did) your biological mother/father ever (spent/spend) time in jail or prison? [H4WP3 & H4WP9]	Have you ever spent time in a jail, prison, juvenile detention center or other correctional facility? [H4CJ17]	Have you ever served time in a jail, prison, juvenile detention center, or other correctional facility? [h5cj5]
Religiosity		How often have you gone to religious services in the past year? [PA23]	How often have you attended church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or religious services in the past 12 months? [H4RE7]	How often have you attended church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or religious services in the past 12 months? [h5re2]

Notes: Trait construction indicates whether the domain is continuous (i.e., ranked within generations) or binary. Raw variable names from Add Health’s online codebook are in square brackets and identify the wave from which data is gathered. All raw variables beginning with “P” are from the parent interview in wave I, while all variables beginning with “1”, “H4”, or “h5” are from waves I, IV, or V, respectively. The Public Assistance and Alcohol domains do not have comparable questions in Wave V. Smoking data in wave V does not have a comparable constructed variable for “Daily Smoker”.