Table 3.
Means and standard deviations (SD) for school policy intention and implementation subscales (level 2 variables)
| Acceptable or excellent rating (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Intent | Implementation | |
| Developing, overseeing & communication | ||
| Poor | 95.1 | 13.6 |
| Acceptable | 4.9 | 61.7 |
| Excellent | 0.0 | 24.7 |
| Purpose and goals | ||
| Poor | 46.9 | 58.0 |
| Acceptable | 28.4 | 22.2 |
| Excellent | 24.7 | 19.8 |
| Prohibition | ||
| Poor | 61.7 | 14.8 |
| Acceptable | 35.8 | 75.3 |
| Excellent | 2.5 | 9.9 |
| Strength of enforcement | ||
| Poor | 92.7 | 17.3 |
| Acceptable | 6.2 | 60.5 |
| Excellent | 1.1 | 22.2 |
| Consistency of enforcement | ||
| Poor | – | 29.6 |
| Acceptable | – | 39.5 |
| Excellent | – | 30.9 |
| Characteristics of enforcement | ||
| Poor | 64.2 | 33.3 |
| Acceptable | 23.5 | 46.9 |
| Excellent | 12.3 | 19.8 |
| Tobacco use prevention education | ||
| Poor | 93.8 | 85.2 |
| Excellent | 6.2 | 14.8 |
| Assistance to overcome tobacco addictions | ||
| Poor | 92.6 | 30.9 |
| Acceptable | 3.7 | 39.5 |
| Excellent | 3.7 | 29.6 |
| Length of time the policy had been in effect, in years (mean, SD) | – | 8.87 (6.10) |