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Yan Lv

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Socioeconomic differences in adolescents’ smoking: a comparison between Finland and Beijing, China

2016

Background: Various studies have demonstrated the associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and health and health behaviour among adolescents. However, few studies have compared the socioeconomic difference in adolescent smoking between countries with different stage of smoking. The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and adolescent smoking in Beijing, China and Finland through the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study. Methods: The data used in this study were derived from the Chinese HBSC linked project survey 2008 in Beijing and the Finnish HBSC survey 2006. The final sample included 2005 Chinese and 1…

MaleChinamedicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsAdolescentHealth BehaviorPsychological interventionSocial classLogistic regression03 medical and health sciencesFamily Affluence Scale0302 clinical medicineBeijingtupakointiSurveys and QuestionnairesEpidemiologyPrevalencemedicineHumansSocioeconomic inequalities030212 general & internal medicineadolescentsChildStudentsSocioeconomic statusFinlandSchools030505 public healthsocioeconomic inequalitiesbusiness.industrylcsh:Public aspects of medicinePublic healthSmokingPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthlcsh:RA1-1270Logistic ModelsSocial ClassSocioeconomic FactorsAdolescent BehaviorBeijingFemaleBiostatistics0305 other medical sciencebusinessResearch ArticleDemography
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Reliability and Validity of Family Affluence Scale (FAS II) among Adolescents in Beijing, China

2011

This study comprises two sub-studies. Study I assessed the test-retest reliability of Family Affluence Scale (FAS II) items among 95 students aged 11 and 15 years old in Beijing. Study II investigated the completion rate of traditional indicators (parents’ educational level, perceived family wealth, resident area, and school location) measuring socioeconomic status (SES) compared with FAS II, and examined the internal reliability, external and construct validity of the FAS II items in a population of 5876 schoolchildren aged 11, 13 and 15 years old in Beijing. Our study found that the FAS II items have high completion rates (> 99%) which are better than other SES indicators. Analyses of rel…

GerontologyChinaeducation.field_of_studyHealth (social science)Rasch modelSociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyPopulationConstruct validitykoettu perheen taloudellinen tilanneReliabilityAdolescentsSpearman's rank correlation coefficientExternal validityFamily Affluence ScalenuoretCronbach's alphaKiinavaliditeettiScale (social sciences)educationPsychologySocioeconomic statusreliabiliteettiDemographyChild Indicators Research
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Test-retest reliability of selected items of Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey questionnaire in Beijing, China

2010

Abstract Background Children's health and health behaviour are essential for their development and it is important to obtain abundant and accurate information to understand young people's health and health behaviour. The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study is among the first large-scale international surveys on adolescent health through self-report questionnaires. So far, more than 40 countries in Europe and North America have been involved in the HBSC study. The purpose of this study is to assess the test-retest reliability of selected items in the Chinese version of the HBSC survey questionnaire in a sample of adolescents in Beijing, China. Methods A sample of 95 male an…

MaleChinalcsh:R5-920AdolescentEpidemiologySubstance-Related DisordersHealth BehaviorChild BehaviorReproducibility of Resultsbehavioral disciplines and activitiesLeisure ActivitiesAdolescent BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesConfidence IntervalsHumansFemaleChildSleepStudentslcsh:Medicine (General)ExerciseQualitative ResearchResearch ArticleBMC Medical Research Methodology
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