Table 2.

Participant characteristics by group: stakeholders (principals, cafeteria managers, teachers, parents and students) from ten elementary schools in a large urban US school district implementing a universal free Breakfast in the Classroom model of the School Breakfast Program

	Respondent group
Variable	Principals	Cafeteria managers	Teachers	Parents	Students
n	10	10	44	86	85
Age (years)*
25–44 (%)	50	40	59	76	–
45–64 (%)	50	60	32	21	–
≥65 (%)	0	0	9	1	–
Gender
Female (%)	60	90	82	91	57
Ethnicity†
Hispanic (%)	40	90	43	77	~73
Non-Hispanic (%)	60	10	57	20	~27
Grade level‡
K–2 (%)	–	–	52	–	33
3–5 (%)	–	–	50	–	67
Years at current school
Mean	3·5	4·6	11·8	–	–
sd	2·3	4·9	5·4	–	–
Language§
Spanish (%)	0	0	0	53	0
English (%)	100	100	100	47	100

^*One parent reported age <25 years.

^†Data on student ethnicity was not collected from students. Estimates reflect 2012 district-level ethnic composition.

^‡Teacher grade level is not mutually exclusive.

^§Refers to the language spoken during the interview/focus group.