Table 3.
Median (25-, 75-percentiles) number of food and beverage advertisements (total and by major food categories) within a radius of 250 m around the school, by school characteristics (n = 25)
| Total food ads | Major food categories | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School characteristics | Unhealthy | Healthy | Miscellaneous | |
| School area | ||||
| Urban areas (n = 13) | 45 (34, 67) | 38 (29, 50) | 4 (3, 5) | 1 (1, 3) |
| Peri-urban areas (n = 12) | 24 (15, 51) | 21 (14, 45) | 1 (0, 3) | 1 (0, 3) |
| p-value a | 0.077 | 0.11 | 0.005 | 0.73 |
| School fee level | ||||
| Low (n = 9) | 45 (33, 53) | 36 (29, 45) | 4 (3, 5) | 1 (1, 7) |
| Medium (n = 8) | 44 (22, 63) | 38 (21, 55) | 3 (1, 5) | 1 (1, 3) |
| High (n = 8) | 33 (22, 45) | 31 (19, 42) | 2 (1, 3) | 1 (0, 3) |
| p-value b | 0.69 | 0.75 | 0.33 | 0.41 |
| School type | ||||
| Primary (n = 13) | 41 (33, 58) | 37 (29, 45) | 3 (1, 5) | 2 (1, 7) |
| Secondary (n = 12) | 30 (17, 53) | 27 (15, 50) | 2 (1, 4) | 1 (0, 3) |
| p-value a | 0.29 | 0.47 | 0.27 | 0.25 |
| School category | ||||
| Government-funded (n = 9) | 45 (33, 67) | 39 (29, 50) | 4 (3, 5) | 1 (1, 3) |
| Private (n = 16) | 38 (22, 52) | 33 (19, 45) | 2 (1, 4) | 2 (0, 3) |
| p-value a | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.084 | 0.85 |
| Total | 40 (22, 55) | 36 (19, 47) | 3 (1, 5) | 1 (0,3) |
a Differences between groups measured with Mann-Whitney U test
b Differences between groups measured with Kruskal Wallis test