Table 2. Percentage of Districts With a Formal Joint Use Agreement,^a School Health Policies and Practices Study, 2012.

District Characteristic	% (95% CI)	χ2 (P Value)	Adjusted Odds Ratiob (95% CI)
Total	61.6 (57.5–65.5)	—	—
Percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch
0–32	65.1 (58.6–71.1)	1.0 (.35)	—
33–65	59.0 (52.9–64.8)
66–100	59.5 (48.4–69.7)
Percentage of white students
0–32	68.2 (56.0–78.3)	1.0 (.38)	—
33–65	57.0 (46.9–66.4)
66–100	61.7 (56.8–66.4)
Metropolitan status
Central city	66.0 (52.0–77.7)	7.3 (<.001)	0.7 (0.3–1.4)
Urban fringe of central city	78.0 (70.2–84.2)		2.0 (1.1–3.6)
Urban fringe of midsized city or large town	73.3 (61.4–82.5)		1.7 (0.9–3.3)
Small town	52.9 (41.9–63.6)		0.9 (0.5–1.6)
Rural	53.9 (47.7–60.0)		1 [Reference]
Number of students in the district
≤299	49.9 (38.8–61.1)	8.6 (<.001)	1 [Reference]
300–999	60.2 (52.6–67.5)		1.8 (1.0–3.1)
1,000–2,499	52.1 (44.1–59.9)		1.3 (0.7–2.4)
2,500–4,999	71.6 (62.9–79.0)		3.0 (1.5–6.0)
≥5,000	81.2 (71.7–88.1)		6.5 (2.8–14.9)
Region
West	73.3 (64.4–80.6)	3.5 (.02)	1 [Reference]
Midwest	61.3 (54.2–67.9)		0.6 (0.3–1.0)
South	55.2 (47.6–62.5)		0.3 (0.2–0.6)
Northeast	63.0 (52.9–72.0)		0.4 (0.2–0.8)

Abbreviation: — , not calculated; CI, confidence interval.

^a A formal joint use agreement is an agreement, such as a memorandum of agreement or understanding, between the school district and another public or private entity to jointly use or share either school facilities or community facilities to share costs and responsibilities.

^b The multivariate logistic regression model includes metropolitan status, number of students in the district, and region.