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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of participating schools by group

From: Effectiveness of a multicomponent intervention to enhance implementation of a healthy canteen policy in Australian primary schools: a randomised controlled trial

Characteristics

Intervention

N = 28

Control

N = 25

School type

 Government

 Catholic

19 (68 %)

9 (32 %)

16 (64 %)

9 (36 %)

Number of students†

232 ± 192

267 ± 209

Urban/Rural region

 Major Cities + Inner Regional

22 (79 %)

23 (92 %)

 Outer Regional/Remote Australia

6 (21 %)

2 (8 %)

Socio-economic index

 Lower socio-economic areas

19 (68 %)

18 (72 %)

 Higher socio-economic areas

9 (32 %)

7 (28 %)

  1. NB Number of students from one control school is missing
  2. †Values reported in mean ± SD