Measuring childhood socioeconomic position in health research: Development and validation of childhood socioeconomic position questionnaire using mixed method approach

There is no single best indicator to assess the childhood socioeconomic position (CSEP) in public health research. The aim of the study is to develop and validate a new questionnaire, with adequate psychometric properties, to measure the childhood SEP of the young adults. The first phase consisted o...

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Published in:Health promotion perspectives 2019-01, Vol.9 (1), p.40-49
Main Authors: Sankar, Uma Vadassery, Kutty, V Raman, Anand, T N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Age
Cardiovascular disease
Childhood
Childhood socioeconomic position
Children
Chronic illnesses
Developing countries
Development
Domains
Education
Epidemiology
Factor analysis
LDCs
Measurement
Medical research
Mixed methods research
Original
Paternity
Position indicators
Position measurement
Psychometric properties
Public health
Qualitative analysis
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaire
Questionnaires
Reliability analysis
Reliability aspects
Society
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Validation
Young adults
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Summary:There is no single best indicator to assess the childhood socioeconomic position (CSEP) in public health research. The aim of the study is to develop and validate a new questionnaire, with adequate psychometric properties, to measure the childhood SEP of the young adults. The first phase consisted of a qualitative phase to identify the variables to measure childhood SEP through the in-depth interviews among 15 young adults (18-45 years) of rural Kerala. The second phase was a quantitative phase to validate the questionnaire through a cross sectional survey among 200 young adults of Kerala. We did content validity, reliability tests and construct validity by using exploratory factor analysis of the questionnaire to demonstrate its psychometric properties. The qualitative analysis reported 26 variables spread across 5 domains to measure the CSEP. Finally, the questionnaire has 11 questions with 3 domains named as value added through paternity, maternal occupation-related factors and parental education. The questionnaire has good reliability (Cronbach's α=0.88) also. We have developed a reliable and valid questionnaire to measure the childhood SEP of younger adults and can be used in various public health research.
ISSN:2228-6497
2228-6497
DOI:10.15171/hpp.2019.05