TABLE 1.
District- and School-Level Characteristics in the Assessment of Food Service–Level Adherence to the 2004 Texas Public School Nutrition Policy: 2003–2004 and 2004–2005
| Study Sample |
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| Production Data | À la Carte Data | State of Texas | |
| School-level dataa | |||
| Schools | |||
| Total, no. | 49 | 29 | 7662 |
| Primary, no. (%) | 19 (38.8) | 10 (43.5) | 4081 (53.3) |
| Secondary, no. (%) | 30 (61.2) | 13 (56.5) | 3222 (40.7) |
| Primary and secondary, no. (%) | 459 (6.0) | ||
| Average number of students enrolled during year, mean (SD) | |||
| 2003–2004 | 843 (517) | 857 (594) | 560 (479) |
| 2004–2005 | 835 (512) | 867 (576) | 563 (483) |
| Difference between years | 8 (85) | −11 (59) | −3 (64) |
| Test of difference | t48 = 0.65 (P = .519) | t28 = −0.90 (P = .376) | t7661 = −3.63 (P < .001) |
| No. of days of daily data provided,b mean (SD) | |||
| 2003–2004 (n = 44 schools) | 163.9 (21.0) | NA | |
| 2004–2005 (n = 42 schools) | 166.5 (20.5) | NA | |
| Total (N = 86) | 165.2 (20.7) | NA | |
| District-level data | |||
| Districts, no. | 11 | 5 | 1238 |
| Schools per district, mean (SD) | 4.5 (0.7) | 4.6 (0.5) | 6.3 (14.9) |
| District size,c no. (%) | |||
| Large | 5 (45.5) | 3 (60.0) | 87 (7.1) |
| Small | 6 (54.5) | 2 (40.0) | 1137 (92.9) |
| SES,d no. (%) | |||
| Low | 26 (53.1) | 3 (60.0) | 597 (50.6) |
| High | 23 (46.9) | 2 (40.0) | 582 (49.4) |
| District race/ethnicity profile, mean % (SD) | |||
| Black | 16.2 (26.0) | 15.7 (24.0) | 12.1 (19.8) |
| Hispanic | 32.5 (27.4) | 30.2 (25.6) | 30.9 (27.9) |
| White | 50.1 (31.0) | 52.8 (29.2) | 56.0 (30.0) |
| Other | 1.4 (1.8) | 1.5 (1.7) | 1.2 (2.4) |
Note. SES = socioeconomic status.
a
Two schools that were missing the 2004–2005 production data were excluded from the analyses, and 6 schools that were not selling the snack bar items under investigation were excluded from the à la carte analyses.
b
One district (5 schools) provided the monthly summary data.
c
A large district was defined as more than 10 000 students; small was 10 000 or fewer.
d
SES was defined as low (free or reduced meals > 50% of the student population) or high (free or reduced meals ≤ 50% of the student population).