TABLE 1—
Sample Description, 25 Census Tracts, and 12 Schools: Community Interventions for Health Study, Student Module, New Haven, Connecticut, 2009
| Variable | No. (%) or Mean ±SDa |
| Student-level variables (n = 811) | |
| BMI percentile | 71.8 ±29.52 |
| BMI z score | 0.81 ±1.17 |
| Latino | 392 (48.3) |
| Black | 327 (40.3) |
| White/other | 92 (11.3) |
| Eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | 734 (90.5) |
| Meets 2010 dietary guidelines for fruit and vegetable intake | 26 ±3.21 |
| Exercises 1 h each day | 176 (21.7) |
| Neighborhood social ties (0–5) | 3.00 ±1.32 |
| Neighborhood-level variables (n = 25) | |
| % Latino | 24.84 ±18.52 |
| % Black | 39.36 ±19.84 |
| Concentrated affluence | 23.99 ±14.12 |
| Concentrated disadvantage | 17.26 ±6.99 |
| Aggregated neighborhood social ties (0–5) | 3.05 ±0.05 |
| School-level variables (n = 12) | |
| % Latino | 46.92 ±28.88 |
| % Black | 37.43 ±24.30 |
| % eligible for free or reduced-price lunch | 82.70 ±9.71 |
| School Connectedness Scale (5–25) | 19.34 ±1.51 |
Note. BMI = body mass index.
a
Mean ±SD for continuous variables and No. (%) for categorical variables.