Table 3 Measures collected at baseline from parents/carers
Domain/question topic | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|
Personal information | ||
Place of birth, relationship status, ethnicity, qualifications, | DE | Adapted from general household survey [61] |
Employment | DE | NS-SEC |
Co-habitants | DE | Adapted from GHS [61] |
Substance use | ||
Smoke (Y/N) | CV | |
Cigarettes smoked per day | CV | Heaviness of smoking index [75] |
Frequency of drinking | CV | Adapted from AUDIT-C [76] |
Number of drinks consumed when drinking | CV | Adapted from AUDIT-C [76] |
Frequency of drinking 6+ drinks in a row | CV | Adapted from AUDIT-C [76] |
Ever used drugs | CV | Adapted from HBSC/NatCen/NFER [65] |
Child’s substance use | ||
Has child ever smoked? | CV | Question adapted from substance initiation index [29] |
Does child smoke now? | CV | Adapted from NatCen/NFER [65] |
Has child ever had a drink? | CV | Adapted from NatCen/NFER [65] |
Has child ever been drunk? | CV | Developed by project SFP Cymru research team |
Has child ever used drugs? | CV | Adapted from HBSC/NatCen/NFER [65] |
Strengths and difficulties | ||
Strengths and difficulties | CV | SDQ [66] |
Section 6 | ||
Free time – use of TV, computer, etc. | CV | From HBSC questionnaire |
Family activities | CV | From HBSC/11-16 West of Scotland adult questionnaire |
Family functioning | CV | |
Parenting/child management | CV | General child management measure, project family [71, 72, 77] |
Parent–child bonding | CV | Adapted from Spoth’s rural urban cumulative risk index and Arthur, et al. [78, 79] |
Parents and school | CV | Questions developed by project team and one from Conger’s child rearing practices measure |
Measures of health status | ||
Health status | HE | |
Health | HE | 1 item from SF-36 [82] |
Health state today | HE | EQ-5D [73] |