Scale-up of the Physical Activity 4 Everyone (PA4E1) intervention in secondary schools: 24-month implementation and cost outcomes from a cluster randomised controlled trial

Table 2 Characteristics of program and control schools at baseline and respondents at 24 months

*Characteristic*	*Description*	*Program (n = 24)* n			*Control (n = 25)* n
*School Characteristics*
Secondary school in eligible Local Health Districts	All eligible Local Health Districts	24			25
	- Central Coast	2			3
	- Hunter New England	13			12
	- Mid North Coast	5			6
	- South Western Sydney	4			4
School sector	Government	19			21
	Catholic	5			4
Remoteness	Major Cities	11			13
	Inner Regional	9			10
	Outer Regional/Remote	4			2
School socioeconomic status (SEIFA)	Decile 1 (Most disadvantaged in State)	8			9
	Decile 2	7			3
	Decile 3	2			5
	Decile 4	6			6
	Decile 5	1			2
School size (total enrolments)	Small (< 400)	2			2
	Medium (400–800)	8			17
	Large (> 800)	14			6
Grade 7 size^a	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
PDHPE 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	24 months	Baseline	12 months	24 months
	Gender
	- Male	16	14	12	16	15	15
	- Female	8	10	11	9	10	10
	PDHPE trained
	- Yes	24	24	23	25	25	25
	Years of teaching experience
	- < 1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	- 1 to 5	3	1	2	0	0	2
	- 6 to 10	6	7	7	4	7	5
	- 11 to 15	1	4	3	6	7	8
	- 16 to 20	5	3	5	5	4	4
	- > 21	9	8	6	10	7	6
	Years teaching PDHPE at current school
	- New in that year	2	1	3	2	1	5
	- < 3	0	3	2	2	3	2
	- 3 to 5	4	3	3	3	3	4
	- > 5	18	17	15	18	18	14

PA4E1 is a whole-school program for students in all grades. For a detailed description of the seven program practices (i.e. evidence-based intervention), see Supplementary File 4
Abbreviations: PDHPE Personal development, health and physical education, PE Physical Education, SEIFA Index of relative Socio-economic disadvantage via school suburb
^a“Grade 7 size” included in the table because two of the curriculum physical activity practices targeted Grade 7 students as the key target group. The student level evaluation was also conducted in student in Grade 7

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