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. 2011 Jan 31;11:68. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-68

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for school variables in the analysis (n = 879)

Percentage Mean (SD) Min Max Percentage Missing Prior to Imputation
Dichotomous variables
Retailersa 0
 Fast Food 50.4
 Convenience 28.6
 Supermarket 23.8
School location 8.8
 Non-urban 52.6
 Urban 38.7
Continuous variables
Number of students per school 474.2 (229.6) 100 1486 0
% Overweight 30.7 (10.4) 3.0 75.4 0
% Male 50.9 (4.5) 26.6 81.0 0
% Female 49.1 (4.5) 19.0 73.4 0
% White, non-Hispanic 32.8 (25.6) 0 91.4 0
% Hispanic/Latino 45.2 (27.3) 1.6 100.0 0
% African-American 7.3 (9.4) 0 79.0 0
% Asian 12.0 (14.8) 0 86.8 0
% Native American 0.84 (1.4) 0 14.9 0
% Pacific Islander 0.7 (1.0) 0 8.6 0
% Declined to state ethnicity 1.5 (3.0) 0 45.7 0
% Free/reduced meals 42.1 (26.0) 0 100.0 6.4

a At least one such retailer within an 800 m network buffer.