Table 3.
Locale | Socioeconomic status | |||||||
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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.