Table 2.
Descriptive information about the British Columbia schools (n 38) and school principals (n 34) and teachers (n 164) who participated in the study (2008–2009)
| Mean, sd or % | 25th–75th percentiles | |
|---|---|---|
| School demographics (n 38) | ||
| School size represented by number of students (n 38) | ||
| Mean | 294·3 | 168–398 |
| sd | 158·2 | |
| Range | 32–807 | |
| Percentage of the population with post-secondary education (n 38) | ||
| Mean | 32·1 | 27·1–37·1 |
| sd | 9·0 | |
| Range | 6·5–46·2 | |
| Census metropolitan area and census agglomeration influenced zones (n 37) | ||
| Census metropolitan area | 60·5 | |
| Tracted/non-tracted census agglomeration | 13·1 | |
| Strongly to weakly influenced zones | 26·3 | |
| School principal characteristics (n 34) | ||
| Sex (n 33) | ||
| Female | 75·8 | |
| Male | 24·2 | |
| Administrative experience (n 33) | ||
| 1–5 years of experience | 33·3 | |
| 6–10 years of experience | 18·2 | |
| 11–15 years of experience | 24·2 | |
| 16–20 years of experience | 18·2 | |
| 20+ years of experience | 6·1 | |
| Ethnicity (n 33) | ||
| Caucasian | 90·9 | |
| Others | 9·1 | |
| Teacher characteristics (n 164) | ||
| Sex (n 164) | ||
| Female | 71·3 | |
| Male | 28·7 | |
| Teaching experience (n 164) | ||
| 1–5 years of experience | 18·3 | |
| 6–10 years of experience | 25·0 | |
| 11–15 years of experience | 20·7 | |
| 16–20 years of experience | 16·5 | |
| 20+ years of experience | 19·5 | |
| Ethnicity (n 164) | ||
| Caucasian | 85·4 | |
| Chinese | 4·9 | |
| South-East Asian | 3·0 | |
| Other | 6·7 | |