Table 1.

Construction of Incarceration Variable by Survey Wave and Data Source

Report	Before Year 3	Year 3- Year 5	Total By Year 5
Total Incarcerated	1,906	821	2,043
Father directly reports	737	165	826
Disposition data	121	122	152
Father indirectly reports	76	122	98
Mother directly reports (father not interviewed)	306	145	241
Mother directly reports (father interviewed at least once, does not report)	632	236	705
Mother indirectly reports (father does not report)	34	31	21

Notes: Fathers are considered to directly report between years 3 and 5 if they indicate having been convicted and their disposition data, indirect reports, or partners indicate that they were incarcerated. They are considered “not interviewed” if they were not interviewed in any of the relevant survey waves.