The number and type of food retailers surrounding schools and their association with lunchtime eating behaviours in students

Table 2 Characteristics of the study sample from the 2009/10 Health Behaviour in School Aged Children Survey

	N	%
Sex
Male	3381	48.5
Female	3590	51.5
Age (years)
13	33	0.5
14	2339	33.6
15	3280	47.1
16	1319	18.9
Family affluence scale
Low	560	8.0
Moderate	2531	36.3
High	3880	55.7
Weight status
Non-overweight	4823	69.2
Overweight	1018	14.6
Obese	346	5.0
Missing data	784	11.3
Where students eat mid-day meal
At school	4719	67.7
At home	1056	15.2
In a snack-bar, fast food restaurant or café	517	7.4
Never eat a midday meal	307	4.4
Somewhere else	209	3.0
At someone else’s home	163	2.3

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