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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Am Acad Pol Soc Sci. 2016 Apr 10;665(1):22–43. doi: 10.1177/0002716216633449

Table 1:

FFCWS Criminal History Reports by Parent and Wave

Wave Father Questions Mother Questions

Y1  ● f2fh19
 Have you ever been booked or charged with breaking the law?
 ● f2fh21 (if yes to f2fh19)
 Have you ever been convicted of any charges (not minor traffic)?
 ●  f2fh22 (if yes to f2fh21)
 Have you ever spent time in a correctional institution?
 ● m2c33: Is father currently working/in school/unemployed/in jail?
 ● m2c36: Has father ever spent any time in jail or prison?

Y3  ● f3i25
 Since child’s first birthday, have you been booked or charged with breaking the law?
 ● f3i27 (if yes to f3i25)
 Have you ever been convicted of any charges (not traffic violations)?
 ● f3i29 (if yes to f3i27)
 (Have you ever spent time in a correctional institution?)
 ● m3c41
   What is father currently doing now (can indicate “in jail”)
 ● m3c42 (if m3c41 does not indicate jail)
   Has father ever spent any time in jail or prison?

Y5  ● f4i25
 In the last two years, have you been charged with breaking the law by the police or court?
 ● f4i27 (if yes to f4i25)
 In the last two years, have you been convicted of any charges?
 ● m4c36
 What was father doing in the last week? (can indicate “in jail”)
 ● m4c37
 Has father spent any time in jail in the past two years?

Y9  ● f5f25
 Since your last interview, have you been booked or charged with breaking the law?
 ● f5f27 (if yes to f5f25)
 Have you been convicted of any charges since your last interview?
 ● f5f28b (if yes to f5f27)
 (Have you ever spent time in a correctional institution?)
 ● m5b29
 What was father doing in the last week? (can indicate “in jail”)
 ● m5b30
 Has father spent any time in jail since [TIME]?
([TIME] may refer to the Y1 or baseline interview, or “in the past six years”)