Table 6a. Standard errors for the percent of public elementary schools indicating that various foods were available for sale at vending machines, by selected school characteristics: 2005

Calories In, Calories Out: Food and Exercise in Public Elementary Schools, 2005

NCES 2006-057
May 2006

Table 6a. Standard errors for the percent of public elementary schools indicating that various foods were available for sale at vending machines, by selected school characteristics: 2005
	Type of food available at vending machines
		Nondairy beverage				Snack foods
School characteristic	At least one of the listed foods	100% fruit or vegetable juice	Sports/ fruit drinks that are not 100% juice	Soft drinks	Bottled water	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
All public elementary schools	1.3	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6
Enrollment size
Less than 300	2.3	1.8	2.2	2.0	2.2	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.5
300 to 499	2.2	1.3	1.8	1.3	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.9
500 or more	2.3	1.7	2.1	1.3	2.0	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.2
School locale
City	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.2	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0
Urban fringe	1.4	1.1	1.4	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.6
Town	4.7	2.8	3.6	3.1	3.8	2.8	3.2	2.9	2.3	2.8
Rural	3.0	2.3	2.7	2.1	3.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.8
Region
Northeast	2.7	2.1	2.3	1.3	2.5	1.3	1.3	1.3	†	1.2
Southeast	2.4	1.8	2.6	2.0	2.1	1.8	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.8
Central	2.8	2.1	2.2	2.0	2.4	1.1	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.4
West	2.3	1.6	1.9	1.3	1.9	1.1	1.0	1.5	0.9	0.9
Percent minority enrollment
Less than 6 percent	2.7	2.2	2.5	2.1	2.6	1.7	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.6
6 to 20 percent	3.0	1.9	2.2	1.8	2.5	1.4	1.4	2.0	1.1	1.3
21 to 49 percent	2.3	2.0	2.1	1.6	2.4	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.3
50 percent or more	1.9	1.6	1.7	1.2	1.7	1.2	1.0	1.1	0.9	1.1
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Less than 35 percent	2.2	1.8	2.0	1.3	2.2	1.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	0.9
35 to 49 percent	3.6	2.2	2.7	2.4	3.4	2.1	1.8	2.1	1.8	2.0
50 to 74 percent	2.9	2.1	2.8	2.0	2.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.6
75 percent or more	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.5	1.8	1.5	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.2
Foods sold to generate funds
Yes	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.6	2.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.4
No	1.7	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.6	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.7	0.7
Don’t know	4.9	4.5	3.8	2.1	3.9	2.0	1.5	1.9	†	1.4
†Not applicable.
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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