Table 2.
Descriptive Variables for Head Start Sites in the Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) Study
| Control Sites | Intervention Sites | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descriptive Variables | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) |
| Head Start size (number of students) | 8 | 87.9 (26.9) | 8 | 80.9 (46.2) |
| Change in Head Start size during intervention period (number of students)a | 8 | 0.5 (3.6) | 8 | 0.8 (18.3) |
| Nc | % | Nc | % | |
| Snack was served (%)b | 80 | 66.3 | 80 | 60.0 |
| Breakfast was served (%)b | 80 | 98.8 | 80 | 100.0 |
a
As the variable change in Head Start size is not normally distributed, a median is presented instead of a mean.
b
Variables ‘snack was served’ and ‘breakfast was served’ refer to the percentage of data collection days on which breakfast or snack was served, with 10 data collection days per each Head Start site.
c
The sample size for these variables at baseline refers to 5 data collection days per each Head Start site.