The Family Affluence Scale as an Indicator for Socioeconomic Status: Validation on Regional Income Differences in the Czech Republic
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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 < 0.01). The regional disposable income per person could explain 59.7% of the variance in the FAS index (p < 0.01). By validating individual items, the authors identified three items with a significant correlation (p < 0.01): number of computers, dishwasher at home, and number of holidays. FAS seems to be a valid instrument to measure adolescents’ socioeconomic status.
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The FAS has demonstrated good psychometric properties to detect socioeconomic differences in adolescents in Western European countries.
“The FAS has demonstrated good psychometric properties to detect socioeconomic differences in adolescents in Western European countries [131, 132].”
From Efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet prevention approach in adolescents (EMPATIA study): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial (2024) · cites this paper as [132]
The Discussion (§4) reports good external validity for identifying socioeconomic differences among children and adolescents in the Czech Republic, and the Conclusions (§5) call FAS a valid tool. The study validates it against income differences among Czech regions; it does not establish psychometric performance across Western European countries. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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Background
- Authors
- Hobza, V., Hamrik, Z., Bucksch, J., & De Clercq, B.
- Affiliations
- Faculty of Physical Culture, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Palacky University Olomouc, 771 47 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Heidelberg University of Education (DE)
- Department of Public Health, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2017-12-08
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1540
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5750958
- OpenAlex
- W2775121321
- Cited by
- 129
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 5.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Czech Science Foundation (17-12579S)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- Family Affluence Scale, socioeconomic status, regional income inequality, disposable income, children and adolescents, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children, scale validation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Family Characteristics, Female, Humans, Income, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Class, Czech Republic
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