Evaluating the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance of the Resistance Training for Teens program

Table 3 Baseline characteristics of students within the effectiveness sub-sample

Characteristics	Effectiveness sub-sample (n = 750)
Age,
Mean (SD), y	14.4 (1.0)
Range, y	12–17
Female participants, n (%)^a	357 (47.6)
Born in Australia, n (%)^b	641 (85.5)
English spoken at home, n (%)^b	644 (85.9)
Cultural background, n (%)^b
Australian	414 (55.2)
European	83 (11.1)
African	9 (1.2)
Asian	89 (11.9)
Middle Eastern	28 (3.7)
Other	125 (16.7)
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander decent, n (%)^c	55 (7.3)
Socioeconomic status, n (%)^d
Low	147 (19.6)
Medium	268 (35.7)
High	329 (43.9)

^a Five students did not report their sex
^b Two students did not report their country of origin, language spoken at home, or cultural background
^c Five students did not report whether or not they were of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander decent
^d Socioeconomic status determined by population tertile using Socio-Economic Indexes For Areas of relative socioeconomic disadvantage based on residential postcode; six participants did not provide their residential postcode

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