The family affluence scale as an indicator for socioeconomic status: Validation on regional income differences in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F17%3A73582699" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/17:73582699 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333162584" target="_blank" >https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333162584</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121540" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph14121540</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The family affluence scale as an indicator for socioeconomic status: Validation on regional income differences in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study (HBSC) uses the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) as a tool to identify the socioeconomic status of children and adolescents. Even though it is now widely applied in research studies, the external criterion validation of FAS has not been verified in terms of objective economic indicators in Central Europe. The aim of this study is to validate FAS in terms of disposable income per capita in 14 Czech administrative regions. Regional differences in the FAS score were analyzed using Pearson correlation and linear regression to measure the dependency of the aggregated mean of the FAS index at the regional level on data from the Czech HSBC survey carried out from April to June 2014 (n = 10,361). The data analysis has shown an overall positive correlation between the FAS index and regional disposable income (R = 0.77, p &lt; 0.01). The regional disposable income per person could explain 59.7% of the variance in the FAS index (p &lt; 0.01). By validating individual items, the authors identified three items with a significant correlation (p &lt; 0.01): number of computers, dishwasher at home, and number of holidays. FAS seems to be a valid instrument to measure adolescents’ socioeconomic status

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA17-12579S" target="_blank" >GA17-12579S: TRENDS IN BEHAVIOUR AMONG CZECH ADOLESCENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF SCHOOL AND FAMILY ENVIRONMENT: HBSC STUDY BETWEEN THE YEARS 2002-2018</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN

1660-4601

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1-9

UT code for WoS article

000423699400103

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85037747733