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Table 2 District policy retrieval rates by state, quartile, policy collection method, and topic

From: Will web-based research suffice when collecting U.S. school district policies? The case of physical education and school-based nutrition policies

State

Districts for which any policies were retrieved (N = 10/state)

Districts for which policies were retrieved by quartile*

Districts for which policies were retrieved by policy collection method** (N = 10/state)

Districts for which policies were retrieved by topic (N = 10/state)

  

1 (N = 5/state)

2 (N = 2/state)

3 (N = 2/state)

4 (N = 1/state)

Mail

Web

Both

Physical Education

Nutrition

California

7

4

1

2

0

7

5

5

7

7

Georgia

9

5

1

2

1

6

6

3

9

9

Illinois

4

4

0

0

0

2

4

2

4

4

Massachusetts

5

4

0

1

0

2

5

2

5

4

New York

7

5

1

0

1

5

4

2

6

3

Texas

8

5

1

2

0

4

6

2

8

8

Total (%)

40/60

(66.7%)

27/30

(90.0%)

4/12

(33.3%)

7/12

(58.3%)

2/6

(33.3%)

26/60

(43.3%)

30/60

(50.0%)

16/60

(26.7%)

39/60

(65.0%)

35/60

(58.3%)

  1. *Quartile 1 = largest districts; quartile 4 = smallest districts.
  2. **Data are not mutually exclusive.