Table 3.

Percentage of Schools Implementing Environmental Strategies to Promote Healthy Food and Beverage Choices in Minnesota by School Demographic Characteristics, 2012^†

	Price incentives for healthy foods (% of schools)	Produce accessible near cashier (% of schools)	Produce attractively displayed (% of schools)	Appealing labels for healthy foods (% of schools)	Healthy food and beverage promotion score (mean)‡
Overall	17.2	74.9	67.6	37.1	2.0
By school level
Middle schools	11.1a	76.7	65.8	41.1	1.9
High schools	19.7b	74.2	68.3	35.5	2.2
By school location
City	24.0	88.0	72.0a,b	44.0	2.2a
Suburban	20.3	88.9	84.4b	42.2	2.3a
Town/rural	15.6	69.8	62.9a	35.0	1.7b
By minority enrollment
<20%	18.3	70.6	65.0	37.8	2.1
≥20%	14.6	85.4	73.7	35.5	2.1
By free/reduced-price meal eligibility
<40%	18.0	78.7a	71.2	38.6	2.2
≥40%	15.3	65.3b	58.3	33.3	1.9

^†All models include adjustment for school level, school geographic location, school minority enrollment (%), and free/reduced-price school meal eligibility (%).

^‡Healthy food and beverage promotion score range: 0-4.

Different superscript letters (a,b) within columns indicate statistically significant differences, p < .05.