Table 3.

Elementary School Respondents' Perceptions of Student Reactions to Changes in School Lunch Meals, by School Locale and Socioeconomic Status

		Locale				Socioeconomic status
	Range of possible scores	Urban mean (SE)	Suburban mean (SE)	Township mean (SE)	Rural mean (SE)	Lower mean (SE)	Medium mean (SE)	Higher mean (SE)
Perceived complaints scale	1 to 4	2.25 (0.07)a	2.37 (0.07)a	2.43 (0.10)a	2.69 (0.07)b	2.38 (0.06)	2.48 (0.06)	2.40 (0.08)
Perceived change in number of students purchasing lunches	−2 to +2	0.23 (0.10)a	0.16 (0.10)a	0.00 (0.14)	−0.24 (0.08)b	0.25 (0.09)a	−0.01 (0.07)	−0.15 (0.09)b
Perceived change in amount of lunch meal consumed	−2 to +2	0.25 (0.12)a	0.19 (0.10)a	−0.11 (0.14)	−0.33 (0.10)b	0.24 (0.12)a	−0.07 (0.07)	−0.14 (0.11)b

Estimates shown are covariate adjusted (i.e., controlling for contextual school characteristics and survey respondent role).

Socioeconomic status (SES) defined by percentage of students eligible for free/reduced-priced meals (lower SES, >66% of students eligible; medium SES, 33–≤66% of students eligible; higher SES, ≤33% of students eligible).

Within each category (locale and SES) different superscripts indicate significant differences at p<0.05 or better.

Perceived complaints scale coded so that higher scores indicate more complaints; perceived changes in purchasing and consumption coded so that: –2=a lot fewer/less; –1=slightly fewer/less; 0=about the same;+1=slightly more; +2=a lot more.

SE, standard error.