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| Table 4a. Standard errors for the percent of public elementary schools indicating that various foods were available for sale at one or more locations in the school, by selected school characteristics: 2005-Continued (Table 4A) | ||||||||||
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| Type of food available at one or more locations in the school | ||||||||||
| Lunch sides | Snack foods | |||||||||
| School characteristic | French fried potatoes | Green salad or fruit | Candy | Low-fat salty snacks | Salty snacks that are not low in fat |
Low-fat cookies/ baked goods | Cookies/ baked goods not low in fat |
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| All public elementary schools | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | |||
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | |||
| 300 to 499 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | |||
| 500 or more | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | |||
| School locale | ||||||||||
| City | 1.9 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 | |||
| Urban fringe | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | |||
| Town | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 5.4 | |||
| Rural | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | |||
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | |||
| Southeast | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.2 | |||
| Central | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.9 | |||
| West | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | |||
| Percent minority enrollment | ||||||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | |||
| 6 to 20 percent | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | |||
| 21 to 49 percent | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | |||
| 50 percent or more | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | |||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | ||||||||||
| Less than 35 percent | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | |||
| 35 to 49 percent | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | |||
| 50 to 74 percent | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |||
| 75 percent or more | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.7 | |||
| Foods sold to generate funds | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 | |||
| No | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |||
| Don’t know | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.8 | |||
| † Not applicable. Estimate of standard error is not derived because it is based on a statistic estimated at 100 percent. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), "Foods and Physical Activity in Public Elementary Schools: 2005," FRSS 87, 2005. | ||||||||||
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