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Table 1 Characteristics of schools and participants

From: The impact of school uniforms on primary school student’s physical activity at school: outcomes of a cluster randomized controlled trial

Characteristics

Intervention

Control

School

N = 21

N = 21

Mean school size

290.24 (155.18)

294.05 (168.52)

School Type

 Catholic

8

9

 Government

13

12

Urban/ Rural Index

 Major cities

10 (48%)

11 (52%)

 Inner and outer regional and remote

11 (52%)

10 (48%)

Socio-economic index

 Most disadvantaged

15 (71%)

12 (57%)

 Least disadvantaged

6 (29%)

9 (43%)

Student

N = 979

N = 868

Female

501 (51%)

460 (53%)

Mean age (SD)

8.22 (0.70)

8.15 (0.67)

Class

 Grade 2

478 (49%)

475 (55%)

 Grade 3

501 (51%)

393 (45%)

Urban/ Rural Index

 Major cities

655 (67%)

448 (52%)

 Inner/outer/remote

324 (33%)

420 (48%)

Socio-economic index

 Most disadvantaged

499 (51%)

435 (50%)

 Least disadvantaged

480 (49%)

433 (50%)