Usefulness of a home affluence scale administered to urban adolescents with asthma to estimate the family's socioeconomic status.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Measurement of socioeconomic status (SES) is traditionally based on education, income, and occupation. This information may not be readily available from adolescents participating in research.

Methods

Using data from school-based randomized trial of an asthma intervention targeting urban adolescents, we compared percent poverty in zip code of residence (% poverty), median housing value, and parental income and education, to teen responses on the Home Affluence Scale for Children (HASC), which included home, car, and computer ownership for the family and eligibility for free school lunch. The association of HASC with measures of asthma control was also assessed.

Results

Of 422 adolescents, 390 (92%) responded to HASC items (mean HASC = 2.5). HASC was associated

SUBMITTER: Guglani L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4641446 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature