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Table 2 Sample characteristics

From: Improving the adoption of a school-based nutrition program: findings from a collaborative network of randomised trials

 

LHD 1

LHD 2

LHD 3

Overall

HIb

BAUc

Total

HI

BAU

Total

HI

BAU

Total

Total

Total, n

83

81

164

32

32

64

29

30

59

287

Sector, n (%)

 Government

64 (77.1)

53 (65.4)

117 (71.3)

27 (84.4)

27 (84.4)

54 (84.4)

24 (82.8)

25 (83.3)

49 (83.1)

220 (76.7)

 Non-Government

19 (22.9)

28 (34.6)

47 (28.7)

5 (15.6)

5 (15.6)

10 (15.6)

5 (17.2)

5 (16.7)

10 (16.9)

67 (23.3)

Geolocation, n (%)a

 Major Cities

24 (28.9)

24 (29.6)

48 (29.3)

0

0

0

26 (89.7)

26 (86.7)

52 (88.1)

100 (35.1)

 Inner regional

30 (36.1)

30 (37.0)

60 (36.6)

19 (59.4)

17 (53.1)

36 (56.3)

2 (6.9)

4 (13.3)

6 (10.2)

102 (35.5)

 Outer regional

25 (30.1)

25 (30.9

50 (30.5)

12 (37.5)

15 (46.9)

27 (42.2)

0

0

0

77 (27.0)

 Remote/very remote

2 (2.4)

2 (2.5)

4 (2.4)

1 (3.1)

0

0

0

0

0

5 (1.7)

Student enrolments, mean (SD)a

227.1 (235.6)

264.7 (285.5)

245.9 (261.6)

207.7 (172.8)

218.8 (268.4)

213.2 (224.0)

455.4 (311.9)

464.3 (329.1)

460.0 (318.3)

282.3 (280.1)

Proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students, average % (range)a

18.5 (0–67)

21.0 (0–100)

19.7 (0–100)

21.5 (0–78)

15.8 (0–100)

18.2 (0–100)

9.9 (0–24)

12.3 (1–100)

11.1 (0–100)

17.7 (0–100)

Proportion of students with language background other than English, average % (range)a

6.5 (0–31)

7.8 (0–38)

8.5 (0–38)

10.0 (0–49)

5.6 (0–17)

7.8 (0–49)

11.3 (0–23)

11.3 (0–23)

11.3 (0–23)

8.1 (0–49)

  1. a Data missing for 3 schools (2 schools in LHD 1 and 1 school in LHD 3)
  2. bHI = high intensity
  3. cBAU = business as usual