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| Table 5a. Standard errors for the percent of public elementary schools indicating that various foods were available for sale in the school cafeteria or lunchroom, by selected school characteristics: 2005-Continued (Table 5A) | ||||||||||
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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 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | |||
| Enrollment size | ||||||||||
| Less than 300 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | |||
| 300 to 499 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.7 | |||
| 500 or more | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | |||
| School locale | ||||||||||
| City | 1.9 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | |||
| Urban fringe | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | |||
| Town | 3.9 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | |||
| Rural | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | |||
| Region | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | |||
| Southeast | 3.3 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | |||
| Central | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | |||
| West | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |||
| Percent minority enrollment | ||||||||||
| Less than 6 percent | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | |||
| 6 to 20 percent | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | |||
| 21 to 49 percent | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | |||
| 50 percent or more | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | |||
| Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | ||||||||||
| Less than 35 percent | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |||
| 35 to 49 percent | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 | |||
| 50 to 74 percent | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | |||
| 75 percent or more | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | |||
| Foods sold to generate funds | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 | |||
| No | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |||
| Don’t know | 4.3 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | |||
| †Not applicable; estimate of standard error is not derived because it is based on an estimate of 0 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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