High agreement on family affluence between children's and parents' reports: international study of 11-year-old children

Andersen, Anette; Krølner, Rikke; Currie, Candace; Dallago, Lorenza; Due, Pernille; Richter, Michael; Örkényi, Ágota; Holstein, Bjørn Evald

doi:10.1136/jech.2007.065169

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“…It has been reported that the FAS II items showed a higher completion rate than items on parental education and occupation (Boudreau and Poulin 2009;Lin 2011;Molcho et al 2007). Validation studies of the FAS II have been done in many HBSC member countries as well as some non-HBSC member countries, from which the results showed that the FAS II items have a moderate internal reliability (Lin 2011;Molcho et al 2007;Wardle et al 2002), a significant association with parental education and occupation (Currie et al 1997;Molcho et al 2007), a high agreement rate between adolescents and parents (Andersen et al 2008), and a satisfactory correlation with the national wealth indicator, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) . Although the test-retest reliability of FAS II items has not been examined, the rather higher agreement can be predicted due to the objectivity and stability of the indicators .…”

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Reliability and Validity of Family Affluence Scale (FAS II) among Adolescents in Beijing, China

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This study comprises two sub-studies. Study I assessed the test-retest reliability of Family Affluence Scale (FAS II) items among 95 students aged 11 and 15 years old in Beijing. Study II investigated the completion rate of traditional indicators (parents' educational level, perceived family wealth, resident area, and school location) measuring socioeconomic status (SES) compared with FAS II, and examined the internal reliability, external and construct validity of the FAS II items in a population of 5876 schoolchildren aged 11, 13 and 15 years old in Beijing. Our study found that the FAS II items have high completion rates (> 99%) which are better than other SES indicators. Analyses of reliability showed a moderate internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.58) and at least substantial test-retest reliability (ICC > 0.75). Moderate external validity of FAS II was found by Spearman rank correlation between FAS II and other SES indicators (parental education level and perceived family wealth) (r s = 0.48-0.51, p < 0.001) and ordinal regressions. Graphical log-linear Rasch model (GLLRM) showed that FAS has adequate construct validity (few LD and weak DIF). In conclusion, the FAS II is a reliable and valid SES measure for adolescents in the Beijing area.

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Reliability and Validity of Family Affluence Scale (FAS II) among Adolescents in Beijing, China

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“…The FAS is constructed as a 0-7 point scale with lower scores representing lower levels of affluence and vice versa. The FAS was collected in eight categories ranging from 0 to 7, which were recoded into 3 groups for the analysis, low: 0-3, intermediate: 4-5 and high: 6-7 [14]. Participants were also asked to indicate how difficult they found the TTO task was to complete on a scale from 1 to 4 where 1 indicates 'not difficult' and 4 indicates 'very difficult'.…”

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“…Socio-economic status was measured by applying the Family Affluence Scale (FAS), a measure of socioeconomic position designed for young person self-report [14]. The FAS is constructed as a 0-7 point scale with lower scores representing lower levels of affluence and vice versa.…”

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Valuing Child Health Utility 9D Health States with Young Adults: Insights from a Time Trade Off Study

Ratcliffe

Chen

Stevens

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Appl Health Econ Health Policy

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ObjectivesIn contrast to the proliferation of studies incorporating health state values from adults of all ages, relatively few studies have reported upon the application of the time trade off (TTO) approach to generate health state values from populations of younger adults. This study sought to employ a conventional TTO approach to obtain values for a selection of Child Health Utility 9D (CHU9D) health states from a sample of young adults aged 18 to 29 years and to compare with the values generated from application of the original UK adult standard gamble scoring algorithm and the Australian adolescent scoring algorithm. MethodsA convenience sample of Flinders University undergraduate students aged 18 to 29 years were invited to participate in an interviewer administered conventional TTO task to value a series of five CHU9D health impairment states using the widely used variant developed by the York EQ-5D team. ResultsA total of 152 students within the target age range were approached to participate in the study of whom N=38 consented to participate, giving an overall participation rate of 25%. With the exception of one health state, the mean TTO values were consistently lower than those generated from application of the original scoring algorithm for the CHU9D elicited with adults of all ages. A significant proportion of participants (n=17, 45%) considered the most severe CHU9D (PITS) state to be worse than death. ConclusionsThis study adds to a growing body of evidence indicating that the values attached to identical health states are typically lower for younger people in comparison with adults of all ages and dependent upon the elicitation method utilised. The values obtained are applicable for re-scaling raw CHU9Dhealth state values obtained from younger adolescent samples using profile case best worst scaling. 3 Key points for Decision Makers• Relatively few studies have reported upon the application of the time trade off (TTO) approach with populations of younger adults• This study indicates that the TTO values attached to identical health states are lower for younger people in comparison with those generated from application of the original adult scoring algorithm for the CHU9D comprising adults of all ages.• The choice of elicitation method and whose values to use for the economic evaluation of health care treatments and services targeted for young people are important issues that may impact significantly upon the cost effectiveness estimates obtained.4

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“…When the four indicators are combined to produce a linear composite score, the family affluence scale ranges from zero (lowest affluence) to nine (highest affluence). The scale has been validated as reflecting the material resources of the family (Andersen et al, 2008).…”

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Gendered Leisure Activity Behavior Among Norwegian Adolescents Across Different Socio-Economic Status Groups

Leversen¹,

Torsheim

Samdal

2012

IJCYFS

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Abstract:The present paper explores gendered behavior based on participation patterns of leisure activities among adolescents across socio-economic status (SES) groups, aiming to increase knowledge and understanding of how gender socialization processes are expressed through boys' and girls' participation in leisure activities. Furthermore, the aim is to investigate whether such gendered behavior is associated with general levels of participation, and if there may be differences between low, middle, and high SES groups. The study used Norwegian nationally representative data of 15-and 16-year-olds from the World Health Organization's cross-sectional survey, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children 2005/06 (n = 3,273). Logistic regression analysis and propensity scores showed that adolescent boys and girls had clear gendered behavior patterns based on leisure activity participation in 27 different activities, and that boys and girls had about equal distributions on what was classified as typical ("boyish" or "girlish"), atypical, and neutral gender behavior. Furthermore, gendered behavior was correlated with higher levels of participation for both sexes, and it was more or less similar for boys and girls and for different socio-economic status groups. However, when investigating differences in distributions between SES groups, high SES girls were found to have a significantly higher prevalence of both "boyish" and "girlish" activity behavior, but less "gender-neutral" compared with girls in medium and low SES groups. There were no such differences for boys.

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High agreement on family affluence between children's and parents' reports: international study of 11-year-old children

Abstract: Young adolescents' self-reports of family affluence are fairly valid across the six countries. This finding suggests that the variables measured can be used in epidemiological studies that aim at ranking children according to socioeconomic position.

Cited by 96 publications

References 13 publications

Reliability and Validity of Family Affluence Scale (FAS II) among Adolescents in Beijing, China

Reliability and Validity of Family Affluence Scale (FAS II) among Adolescents in Beijing, China

Valuing Child Health Utility 9D Health States with Young Adults: Insights from a Time Trade Off Study

Gendered Leisure Activity Behavior Among Norwegian Adolescents Across Different Socio-Economic Status Groups

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