Table 1.

M-TEENS sample (n=815, students’ first observation) characteristics

Sample characteristics	Percentages or mean (median)
Child gender is female	47.6
Child age in months	164.3 (164)
Child race/ethnicity
White Non Hispanic	38.0
Black Non Hispanic	20.9
Hispanic/Latino	25.4
Other (multi/AIAN/NHPI)	12.9
Missing	2.8
Parents married
No	8.2
Yes	90.9
Missing	0.9
Enlisted Parent’s Rank
Sergeant or lower (<=E5)	32.3
Staff Sergeant (E6)	29.3
Sergeant First Class or higher (>=E7)	36.6
Missing	1.8
Number of children in household
1	11.7
2	32.1
3 or more	54.2
Missing	2.1
Household Income
$40,000 or less	12.9
$40,001–$50,000	31.0
$50,001–$75,000	54.4
$75,000 or higher	1.7
Missing	1.0
Parents’ Highest Education Level
Trade school, some college, or less	39.5
Associates degree	27.1
College degree or higher	32.6
Missing	0.7
Months at current base
12 months or less	10.9
13–24 months	25.0
25–48 months	38.9
49 months or more	22.7
Missing	2.5
Live on-installation
No	45.0
Yes	52.9
Missing	2.1
Home food environment	21.8 (22)
School food environment variables
Number of CF&Bs available (across 11 policies)
0	3.1
1	1.8
2	0.4
3	6.7
4	4.4
5	9.1
6	8.7
7	4.9
8	12.4
9	10.2
10	17.5
11	20.7
Number of healthy CF&Bs available (fruit, vegetables, water, milk)
0	3.3
1	6.4
2	16.0
3	31.3
4	43.1
Number of unhealthy CF&Bs available (french fries, SSBs, salty snacks, sweets, juice)
0	8.1
1	8.5
2	5.2
3	24.8
4	21.2
5	32.3
Number of neutral CF&Bs available (sandwiches/burgers/pizza and bread)
0	28.5
1	20.0
2	51.5
Outcomes
Child bought sweets at school last 7 days	29.9
Child bought salty snacks at school last 7 days	25.9
Child bought soda at school last 7 days	19.6
Number of sweets consumed	12.3 (9)
Number of snacks consumed	7.3 (5)
Number of SSBs consumed	14.5 (10)
Number of fruits consumed	8.4 (7)
Number of vegetables consumed	7.8 (7)
zBMI	0.4 (0.5)
Overweight or Obese	26.1

Notes: all sample sizes were n=815

Abbreviations: competitive food and beverage (CF&B) sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB)