Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of survey participants: staff from Western Australian schools with students of primary school age, October–November 2015
| Demographic characteristic | n * | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 538 | 87 |
| Male | 82 | 13 |
| Role at school | ||
| Teacher | 512 | 84 |
| Principal | 31 | 5 |
| Crunch&Sip coordinator | 28 | 5 |
| Deputy principal | 26 | 4 |
| Other | 12 | 2 |
| Grade taught | ||
| Lower primary (Kindergarten–Grade 3) | 273 | 44 |
| Year 2 | 228 | 37 |
| Upper primary (Grade 4–Grade 6) | 240 | 39 |
| Year 5 | 220 | 35 |
| All years | 52 | 8 |
| Missing | 62 | 10 |
| Type of school | ||
| Primary only | 520 | 84 |
| Combined primary/secondary | 85 | 14 |
| Other | 13 | 2 |
| Public | 333 | 54 |
| Independent | 172 | 28 |
| Catholic | 94 | 15 |
| Independent public school | 16 | 3 |
| Other | 2 | <1 |
| Co-educational | 613 | 99 |
| Girls only | 4 | <1 |
| Boys only | 0 | 0 |
| School location | ||
| Metropolitan | 388 | 63 |
| Regional | 125 | 20 |
| Rural/remote | 101 | 16 |
*
Not all values add up to the total sample of 620 due to missing data.