Table 3 Characteristics of program and control schools
Characteristic | Program (n = 24) N | Control (n = 25) n | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Secondary school in eligible Local Health Districts | ||||
 All eligible Local Health Districts | 24 | 25 | ||
  - Central Coast | 1 | 2 | ||
  - Hunter New England | 12 | 12 | ||
  - Mid North Coast | 5 | 6 | ||
  - South Western Sydney | 3 | 4 | ||
School Sector | Â | Â | ||
 Government | 19 | 21 | ||
 Catholic | 5 | 4 | ||
School - SEIFA Index of Relative Socio-economic disadvantage (school suburb)a | ||||
 Decile 1 (Most disadvantaged in State) | 8 | 9 | ||
 Decile 2 | 7 | 3 | ||
 Decile 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
 Decile 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
 Decile 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
Remoteness | ||||
 Major Cities | 11 | 13 | ||
 Inner Regional | 9 | 10 | ||
 Outer Regional/Remote | 4 | 2 | ||
School size (total enrolments) | ||||
 Small (< 400) | 2 | 2 | ||
 Medium (400–800) | 8 | 17 | ||
 Large (> 800) | 14 | 6 | ||
Grade 7 size | ||||
 Small (< 65) | 3 | 3 | ||
 Medium (65–135) | 7 | 14 | ||
 Large (> 135) | 14 | 8 | ||
Total Students | 3539 | 2937 | ||
% female enrolments | ||||
  < 30% | 0 | 1 | ||
 30–40% | 0 | 0 | ||
 41–50% | 11 | 15 | ||
 51–60% | 6 | 5 | ||
 100% (female only schools) | 2 | 0 | ||
% Indigenous enrolments | ||||
 < 10% | 12 | 10 | ||
 > =10% | 12 | 15 | ||
  - 10–24% | 8 | 14 | ||
  - 25–49% | 4 | 1 | ||
% Language Background Other Than English | ||||
 < 10% | 19 | 22 | ||
 > =10% | 5 | 3 | ||
  - 10–24% | 1 | 0 | ||
  - 25–49% | 0 | 0 | ||
  - 50–74% | 1 | 2 | ||
  - > =75% | 3 | 1 | ||
PE Faculty size | ||||
 1–4 FTE (3–12 staff) | 5 | 6 | ||
 5–8 FTE (4–13 staff) | 16 | 17 | ||
 9–13 FTE (9–15 staff) | 3 | 2 | ||
Respondent (Head PE teacher or delegate) | Baseline | 12 months | Baseline | 12 months |
Gender | ||||
  - Male | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 |
  - Female | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
PE trained | ||||
  - Yes | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
Years of teaching experience | ||||
  - < 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  - 1 to 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
  - 6 to 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
  - 11 to 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
  - 16 to 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  - > 21 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
Years teaching PE at current school | ||||
  - New in that year | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
  - < 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
  - 3 to 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
  - > 5 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 |