An Examination of the Validity of the Family Affluence Scale II (FAS II) in a General Adolescent Population of Canada

Autor/inn/en	Boudreau, Brock; Poulin, Christiane
Titel	An Examination of the Validity of the Family Affluence Scale II (FAS II) in a General Adolescent Population of Canada
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 94 (2009) 1, S.29-42 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-008-9334-4
Schlagwörter	Socioeconomic Status; Mothers; Academic Achievement; Validity; Risk; Family Structure; Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Evaluation Methods; Family Income; Educational Attainment; Regression (Statistics); Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Mother; Mutter; Schulleistung; Gültigkeit; Risiko; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Familieneinkommen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Kanada
Abstract	This study examined the performance of the FAS II in a general population of 17,545 students in grades 7, 9, 10 and 12 in the Atlantic provinces of Canada. The FAS II was assessed against two other measures of socioeconomic status: mother's highest level of education and family structure. Our study found that the FAS II reduces the likelihood of nonresponse which is a common threat to the validity of items inquiring about parental income, education or occupation. Ordinal regression analysis revealed that mother's education and family structure were independent risk factors of lesser affluence. Participants whose mother had less than a post secondary degree were 2 to 3 times more likely to report lesser affluence and those who reported living in other than 2 parent families were 1.5 to 3 times more likely to report lesser affluence. The authors conclude that the FAS II is a useful measure of socioeconomic status for this population. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10