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
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Medicine, University of St Andrews. WHO Collaborating Centre for International Child & Adolescent Health Policy, University of St Andrews. Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit
• 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); RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; H Social Sciences; NDAS; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; RA0421; H; Canada; Currie; Greenland; Norway
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8353; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-015-9325-3

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...