Researching health inequalities in adolescents: the development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) family affluence scale.

By C. Currie, M. Molcho, W. Boyce, B. Holstein, Torbjørn Torsheim, M. Richter. Social Science & Medicine (1967), 2008

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Reliability, construct and criterion validity of the KIDSCREEN-10 score: a short measure for children and adolescents’ well-being and health-related quality of life (2010, background): “The cross-cultural validity of the FAS has been shown in multinational surveys across 27 and 35 countries [27].”
Social determinants of health and well-being among young people (2012, positive): “FAMILY AFFLUENCE The HBSC Family Affluence Scale (FAS) (1) measures young people’s SES.”
The Association Between Adolescent Life Satisfaction, Family Structure, Family Affluence and Gender Differences in Parent–Child Communication (2012, methodology): “The Family Affluence Scale (FAS) ( Currie et al. 2008b ) was calculated using responses to the following survey questions: Does your family have a car or van ?( no/yes, one/yes, two or more); Do you have your own bedroom to yourself? (no/yes).”
Reliability and Validity of Family Affluence Scale (FAS II) among Adolescents in Beijing, China (2011, methodology): “Although the test-retest reliability of FAS II items has not been examined, the rather higher agreement can be predicted due to the objectivity and stability of the indicators (Currie et al. 2008).”