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| Table 21a. Standard errors for the percentage distribution of public elementary schools reporting the frequency with which the school calculated the students' body mass index and measured students' height and weight, by selected school characteristics: 2005 (Table 21A—Continued) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body mass index | |||||
| School characteristic | Never calculated | Calculated in selected grades only | Calculated yearly for all students | Other approach to calculate body mass index | |
| All public elementary schools | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | |
| Enrollment size | |||||
| Less than 300 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | |
| 300 to 499 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.9 | |
| 500 or more | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | |
| School locale | |||||
| City | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | |
| Urban fringe | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | |
| Town | 4.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | † | |
| Rural | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.1 | |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.9 | |
| Southeast | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | † | |
| Central | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | |
| West | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | |
| Percent minority enrollment | |||||
| Less than 6 percent | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.1 | |
| 6 to 20 percent | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.4 | |
| 21 to 49 percent | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.1 | |
| 50 percent or more | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.9 | |
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | |||||
| Less than 35 percent | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | |
| 35 to 49 percent | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.3 | |
| 50 to 74 percent | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | |
| 75 percent or more | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | |
| See notes at end of table. | |||||
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