Researching health inequalities in adolescents: The development of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Family Affluence Scale

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1429-1436

  Currie, Candace ^a   Molcho, Michal ^b   Boyce, William ^c   Holstein, Bjørn ^d   Torsheim, Torbjørn ^e   Richter, Matthias ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Comparative; Family affluence; Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC); Health behaviours; Health indicators; Health inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EUROPE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NORTH AMERICA; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38949088201     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.024     Document Type: Article

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