Family Resource Scale
What It Measures
The Family Resource Scale asks a parent whether their family has enough of what it takes to get through the month.
Thirty items are rated from not-at-all-adequate to almost-always-adequate, and they run in a rough hierarchy from most basic to least. Early items cover food, housing, utilities, and clothing. Later ones cover money for bills, medical and dental care, childcare, time to spend with family and friends, time for oneself, and money for travel or entertainment. Totals run 30 to 150, with higher meaning more adequate resources. Because the scale surfaces where a family's needs are unmet, it is used to plan support rather than to characterize the family.
Further Reading
Additional Notes
Learn More: Ten versions of the FRS exist with different item counts, including a 40-item revised version, so a published score cannot be compared without knowing which version was used.