Table 1.
Prevalence of Tap Water and School Water Fountain Perceptions According to Survey Respondent Characteristics
| Local Tap Water Perceptions | School Water Fountain Perceptions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “My local tap water is safe to drink” | “Water fountains in my school are clean and safe to drink from” | |||||||
| Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Chi-square p-value | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Chi-square p-value | |
| N (weighted %*) | 179 (19.2) | 120 (13.2) | 745 (67.6) | 385 (38.1) | 150(14.8) | 509 (47.1) | ||
| Age (years) | .844 | .017 | ||||||
| 9–10 | 18.6 | 11.7 | 69.7 | 28.3 | 11.4 | 60.4 | ||
| 11–13 | 19.9 | 15.4 | 64.9 | 38.4 | 16.0 | 45.6 | ||
| 14–18 | 19.1 | 12.5 | 68.4 | 41.4 | 15.3 | 43.3 | ||
| Sex | .923 | .090 | ||||||
| Male | 18.7 | 13.2 | 68.2 | 34.3 | 15.8 | 50.0 | ||
| Female | 19.9 | 13.2 | 66.9 | 42.2 | 13.8 | 44.0 | ||
| Race/ethnicity | < .001 | .567 | ||||||
| White | 14.7 | 10.9 | 74.5 | 38.9 | 13.1 | 48.1 | ||
| Black | 26.4 | 13.9 | 59.7 | 36.6 | 16.5 | 46.9 | ||
| Hispanic | 28.3 | 20.4 | 51.3 | 36.8 | 19.2 | 44.0 | ||
| Annual household family income | .001 | .248 | ||||||
| <$25,000 | 24.3 | 22.7 | 53.1 | 34.7 | 21.8 | 43.5 | ||
| $25,000–$59,999 | 23.2 | 13.2 | 63.6 | 41.2 | 12.8 | 46.0 | ||
| >$59,999 | 15.3 | 10.7 | 74.0 | 37.0 | 14.2 | 48.8 | ||
| Weight status | < .001 | .917 | ||||||
| Missing | 17.5 | 15.6 | 66.9 | 32.2 | 16.0 | 51.8 | ||
| Normal/underweight | 17.2 | 12.5 | 70.3 | 39.5 | 14.6 | 45.9 | ||
| Overweight | 12.1 | 10.1 | 77.7 | 37.6 | 13.6 | 48.8 | ||
| Obese | 38.1 | 17.2 | 44.8 | 37.7 | 16.0 | 46.3 | ||
| Physical activity days/week | .113 | .027 | ||||||
| 0 days | 18.2 | 21.5 | 60.4 | 44.0 | 21.3 | 34.6 | ||
| 1–4 days | 20.3 | 12.2 | 66.4 | 40.1 | 14.4 | 45.5 | ||
| ≥ 5 days | 18.3 | 10.5 | 71.2 | 33.8 | 13.3 | 52.9 | ||
| Region | .087 | .279 | ||||||
| New England | 20.6 | 10.9 | 68.6 | 33.0 | 25.2 | 41.8 | ||
| Middle Atlantic | 17.2 | 15.2 | 67.6 | 44.8 | 12.9 | 42.3 | ||
| South Atlantic | 17.7 | 13.1 | 69.2 | 37.8 | 14.2 | 51.1 | ||
| East North Central | 12.0 | 9.5 | 78.5 | 28.2 | 12.5 | 59.3 | ||
| East South Central | 17.3 | 16.2 | 66.4 | 40.7 | 19.7 | 39.6 | ||
| West North Central | 13.7 | 10.8 | 75.6 | 30.6 | 18.2 | 51.1 | ||
| West South Central | 24.8 | 13.3 | 61.9 | 39.5 | 13.9 | 46.6 | ||
| Mountain | 29.6 | 8.4 | 62.0 | 40.2 | 16.4 | 43.4 | ||
| Pacific | 30.3 | 18.2 | 51.5 | 46.8 | 14.2 | 39.0 | ||
| Water fountain perceptions | < .001 | - | ||||||
| Agree school water fountains are clean and safe | 7.6 | 7.2 | 85.2 | - | - | - | ||
| Neutral school water fountains are clean and safe | 8.1 | 33.6 | 58.3 | - | - | - | ||
| Disagree school water fountains are clean and safe | 38.0 | 12.6 | 49.4 | - | - | - | ||
| Tap water perceptions | - | <.001 | ||||||
| Agree home tap water is safe | - | - | - | 27.8 | 12.8 | 59.4 | ||
| Neutral home tap water is safe | - | - | - | 36.5 | 37.8 | 25.7 | ||
| Disagree home tap water is safe | - | - | - | 75.2 | 6.2 | 18.6 | ||
| Parent tap water perceptions | < .001 | .019 | ||||||
| Parent agrees home tap water is safe | 9.1 | 9.4 | 81.6 | 34.0 | 14.9 | 51.2 | ||
| Parent neutral home tap water is safe | 27.3 | 25.9 | 46.9 | 46.8 | 12.9 | 40.4 | ||
| Parent disagrees home tap water is safe | 56.7 | 12.4 | 30.8 | 45.1 | 17.5 | 37.4 | ||
*
Because of rounding, weighted percentages may not add up to 100%.