A new version of the HBSC Family Affluence Scale - FAS III: Scottish qualitative findings from the International FAS Development Study

• Published in: Child Indicators Research
• Main Authors: Hartley, Jane E. K., Levin, Kate, Currie, Candace
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: health inequalities; Family affluence scale; health behaviours; qualitative research; validation; adolescents; health indicators; health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC); /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; Canada; Currie; Greenland; Norway
• Online Access: https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/en/publications/14b0d13c-ec06-4262-8753-9534178bd7d5; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-015-9325-3; https://researchonline.gcu.ac.uk/ws/files/27114859/Hartley2016_Article_ANewVersionOfTheHBSCFamilyAffl.pdf

A critical review of the Family Affluence Scale (FAS) concluded that FAS II was no longer discriminatory within very rich or very poor countries, where a very high or a very low proportion of children were categorised as high FAS or low FAS respectively (Currie et al. 2008). The review concluded tha...