Table 2.

Policy compliance with the Healthy Food and Drink Policy in Western Australian public schools at the initial post-implementation evaluation (2008) and the 10-year follow-up evaluation (2016): principals’ data

	2008			2016
School characteristic	Mean	n	%†	Mean	n	%†	Significance‡
Primary	4·47	173	90	4·09	60	81	P<0·01
Secondary	4·57	41	93	3·93	10	71	P<0·01
Metropolitan	4·52	143	91	4·21	43	90	P<0·01
Regional	4·35	91	86	3·96	36	72	P<0·01
All schools	4·45	234	89	4·08	79	81	P<0·001

^†Percentage selecting ‘4’ or ‘5’ on a 5-point scale ranging from 1=‘non-compliant’ to 5=‘fully compliant’.

^‡Derived from the mean.