The Family Affluence Scale as a Measure of National Wealth: Validation of an Adolescent Self-Report Measure

Abstract

adolescents, health behaviour, socioeconomic measures, validation study,

Personal and Contextual Factors Related to Internalizing Problems During Adolescence

“…The Revised Family Affluence Scale (Boyce, Torsheim, Currie, and Zamborn, 2006) was used to assess family socioeconomic status. This scale builds an index based on questions referring to the number of cars and computers the family owns, the existence of a room solely for the adolescent, and trips made during holidays.…”

Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Best-Practice Individualized Behavioral Program for Treatment of Childhood Overweight: Scottish Childhood Overweight Treatment Trial (SCOTT)

“…Socioeconomic status (SES) was assessed by using the Family Affluence Scale, which has been shown to be a reliable and valid measure of SES among adolescents. 18 The 4-item Family Affluence Scale assessed the following: (1) whether an adolescent's family owns a car, van, or truck (no = 0, yes = 1); (2) whether an adolescent has his or her own bedroom (no = 0, yes = 1); (3) the number of laptops and/or computers an adolescent's family owns (none = 0, 1 = 1, 2 = 2, >2 = 3); and (4) whether an adolescent's family had vacationed in the past 12 months (not at all = 0, once = 1, twice = 2, more than twice = 3). Responses were added to create a total SES score.…”

“…To date, results from several longitudinal studies indicate that e-cigarette use among nonsmoking youth increases the likelihood of future use of conventional cigarettes. 5 -10 Specifically, the pooled odds ratio (OR) in a recent meta-analysis of studies of adolescents and young adults (aged [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] indicates that those who had ever used e-cigarettes were 3.62 times more likely to report using cigarettes at follow-up compared with those who had not used e-cigarettes. 11 This finding was robust and remained significant when adjusting for known risk factors associated with cigarette smoking, including demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral variables such as cigarette susceptibility.…”

Similarities in the Etiology of Alcohol Use Among Native American and Non-Native Young Women

“…Socioeconomic status was measured by enrollment in a free or reduced-price lunch program, family composition, parental education, family computer ownership, and vacations (Boyce et al, 2006; Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, 2010).…”