Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of stratification variables by randomisation status: cluster-randomised controlled trial examining the impact of the Primary School Free Breakfast Initiative in Wales on inequalities in children's dietary behaviours and cognitive functioning
| Variable | Control (n 56) | Intervention (n 55) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School size | ||||||
| Mean | 189·18 | 197·93 | ||||
| sd | 96·14 | 92·68 | ||||
| Min | 23 | 23 | ||||
| Max | 445 | 540 | ||||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Language of teaching | ||||||
| English or bilingual | 52 | 93 | 51 | 93 | ||
| Welsh | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Local education authority | ||||||
| LEA1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| LEA2 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | ||
| LEA3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | ||
| LEA4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 16 | ||
| LEA5 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 18 | ||
| LEA6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | ||
| LEA7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | ||
| LEA8 | 13 | 23 | 10 | 18 | ||
| LEA9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Community First area (socio-economically deprived) | ||||||
| Non-Community First | 27 | 48 | 26 | 47 | ||
| Community First | 29 | 52 | 29 | 53 | ||