Table 3:
Assessing the Association between School-Level Characteristics and if Schools Do Not Offer Any Interscholastic Sports.
| School-Level Covariates | School Does Not Offer Interscholastic Sports n = 162701 | |
| % | AOR 95%CI | |
| % Female | ||
| 0% to 44% | 57.0% | |
| 45% to 54% | 11.4% | .733*** (.671,.800) |
| 55% to 100% | 64.0% | 1.96*** (1.73,2.22) |
| % Non-White | ||
| 0% to 24% | 14.4% | |
| 25% to 49% | 20.0% | 1.27*** (1.14,1.42) |
| 50% to 74% | 24.8% | 1.41*** (1.24,1.60) |
| 75% to 100% | 33.2% | 1.32*** (1.15,1.51) |
| % Free Lunch Eligible | ||
| 0% to 24% | 13.4% | |
| 25% to 49% | 17.5% | 1.04 (.951,1.14) |
| 50% to 74% | 30.4% | 1.01 (.908,1.14) |
| 75% to 100% | 35.7% | .890 (.771,1.02) |
| Type of Community | ||
| City | 32.6% | |
| Suburb | 20.0% | .829*** (.738,.930) |
| Town | 23.2% | .521*** (.456,.596) |
| Rural | 16.7% | .279*** (.246,.317) |
| Number of Students | ||
| 0 to 205 | 62.9% | |
| 206 to 430 | 29.3% | .397*** (.360,.438) |
| 431 to 900 | 11.5% | .140*** (.125,.157) |
| 901 or more | 3.3% | .032*** (.028,.037) |
| Charter/Magnet School | ||
| Regular public high school | 19.7% | |
| Charter/Magnet School | 50.9% | 2.94*** (2.64,3.27) |
| Special Ed. School | ||
| Regular public high school | 12.4% | |
| Special Educational School | 90.2% | 16.3*** (14.4,18.5) |
| Geographic Region | ||
| East | 11.7% | |
| Midwest | 21.2% | 1.73*** (1.50,2.00) |
| South | 18.9% | 1.95*** (1.68,2.25) |
| West | 34.2% | 1.94*** (1.68,2.25) |
| School Year | ||
| 2009–10 | 22.0% | |
| 2011–12 | 21.2% | .529*** (.482,.582) |
| 2013–14 | 22.7% | .790*** (.722,.865) |
| 2015–16 | 23.5% | .815*** (.745,.892) |
p<.05,
p<.01,
p<.001; % = Percent; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval
Sample sizes vary due to missing values on either the outcome or covariates. It should be noted that the analyses that assessed if schools did not offer interscholastic sport used the full sample of schools (i.e., n = 16,910); while the analyses assessing number of sports offered to girls, number of sport teams offered to girls, girls sport participation rates, and sport participation gender equity ratios used only the sample of schools that indicated having interscholastic sport (i.e., n = 13,005). All analyses use listwise deletion with respect to missing information on both athletic opportunities and school-level characteristics.