Table 1. Sources of Data for State Trends and Correlates for Cross-Sector Collaboration on School Nutrition and Physical Education Activities, 2000–2012.
| Data Source | Variable(s) | Description | Year(s) |
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| School Health Policies and Practices Study (20) | Food service/nutrition collaboration | Yes/no questions assessed whether state-level nutrition or food service staff worked with public, private, or nonprofit entities on school food service or nutrition activities during previous 12 months | 2000, 2006, 2012 |
| Physical activity/education collaboration | Yes/no questions assessed whether state-level physical education staff worked with public, private, or nonprofit entities on physical education activities during previous 12 months | ||
| Food service coordinator | Yes/no question asked whether someone in the state oversees or coordinates food service for schools, for example, a state food service director or director of child nutrition | ||
| Physical education coordinator | Yes/no question asked whether someone in the state oversees or coordinates physical education | ||
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| University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (24) | Political affiliation of governor | Dichotomized as Democrat or not a Democrat; data collected by Council of State Governments | 2011–2012 session |
| Majority party in state legislature | Democratic control of neither, one, or both houses; data collected by Council of State Governments | ||
| Unemployment rate | Annual average of percentage of labor force unemployed; computed by Bureau of Labor Statistics | 2011 | |
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| US Census Bureau, American Community Survey (25) | Census region | Northeast, Midwest, South, or Westa | 2013 (3-year average centered on 2012) |
| Percentage non-Hispanic white | Percentage of individuals reporting non-Hispanic white race/ethnicity | ||
| Poverty rate | Percentage of individuals below federal poverty level | ||
| Rate of graduation from high school | Percentage of adults aged ≥25 y with a high school diploma or equivalent | ||
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| National Survey of Children’s Health (26) | Childhood obesity prevalence | Percentage of children aged 10–17 y with BMI ≥95th percentile, based on parent report in a nationally representative sample of households with children (one child randomly selected from each household) | 2011–2012 |
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| Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) (27) | CDC funding | All CDC funding awarded to state and local health departments, universities, and public and private agencies; data provided to TFAH by CDC’s financial management office, in dollars | 2011 |
| State public health budget | All state health funding (general revenue and dedicated funds, in dollars), except the following: Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, comparable health insurance programs for low-income residents, mental health funds, services related to developmental disabilities or severely disabled persons, funds for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and state-sponsored pharmaceutical programs | ||
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The 4 census regions were defined according to the American Community Survey (25). Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont. Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.