Table 3.

Associations between State and District Regular Soda Policy and High School Regular Soda Availability, 2010–2012^a

		Coefficientb	(SE)	p
Separate non-mediation multivariate total association analysesc
State mandated soda ban → School soda availability		−1.256	(0.399)	0.002
District mandated soda ban → School soda availability		−0.808	(0.561)	0.150
1-1-1 Multivariate mediation analyses
Level 1 State mandated soda ban
Level 1 District mandated soda ban
Level 1 School soda availability
a	State ban → District ban	0.559	(0.068)	0.000
b	District ban → School soda availability	−0.264	(0.658)	0.689
c	State ban → School soda availability	−1.117	(0.557)	0.045
a*b	Mediation or indirect effect	−0.147	(0.374)	0.694

^aModels clustered by sample design strata and were weighted to indicate the percentage of U.S. public high school students attending schools within districts or states with the specified characteristics. All models simultaneously controlled for school characteristics (grade, student body racial/ethnic distribution, percentage of student body eligible for free and reduced price lunch, school enrollment, population density), as well as state characteristics (percent White population, population density, adolescent obesity rates, region) and year. Unweighted n = 243.

^bBoldface for coefficients indicates significant p values.

^cModels examining total associations run separately for state and district bans.