Table 2.

Characteristics of survey respondents’ in sample overall, and divided by school type.

Characteristic	% of total (n=155)	% total, Middle School Sample (n=66)	% total, High School Sample (n=89)

Educational background of respondent^*
Health	72.9%	71.2%	74.2%
Physical Education	60.6%	53.0%	66.3%
Biology/other science	21.3%	22.7%	20.2%
Nursing	5.2%	4.5%	5.6%
Secondary Education	41.9%	51.5%	34.8%
Other	23.2%	19.7%	25.8%

Courses taught by respondent^*
Health	86.5%	83.3%	88.8%
Physical Education	47.7%	37.9%	55.1%
Biology/other science	16.8%	13.6%	19.1%
Other	20.6%	16.7%	23.6%

Grades where health education taught^*
6^th	26.5%	59.1%	2.2%
7^th	38.7%	81.8%	6.7%
8^th	36.1%	72.7%	9.0%
9^th	36.8%	1.5%	62.9%
10^th	41.9%	1.5%	71.9%
11^th	31.0%	1.5%	52.8%
12^th	34.2%	1.5%	58.4%

Health taught in co-ed setting
Yes	92.8%	89.2%	95.5%

Curriculum used for health education
Yes	80.5%	78.8%	81.8%
No	13.6%	12.1%	14.8%
Depends on grade being taught	5.9%	9.1%	3.4%

Participants could choose >1 response.

Bolded percentages indicate statistically significant differences between MS and HS.