Table 2. Characteristics of schools by racial/ethnic subgroups.
| Characteristics | PI | AIAN | FI | White |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free and reduced meal eligible students1 (%) | ||||
| 2002 | 51.1 | 45.2 | 42.3 | 27.6 |
| 2005 | 49.6 | 49.9 | 46.3 | 28.8 |
| 2012 | 64.6 | 61.8 | 50.6 | 35.5 |
| School neighborhood education level2 (%) | ||||
| 2002 | 23.4 | 19.3 | 25.3 | 27.7 |
| 2005 | 23.6 | 19.6 | 26.0 | 29.5 |
| 2012 | 25.2 | 21.6 | 31.7 | 34.4 |
| School neighborhood median income (US dollars) | ||||
| 2002 | 49,909 | 49,432 | 57,717 | 59,554 |
| 2005 | 59,908 | 51,009 | 63,442 | 65,657 |
| 2012 | 65,610 | 56,818 | 76,824 | 77,494 |
| Median school enrollment3 (n) | ||||
| 2002 | 811 | 657 | 754 | 700 |
| 2005 | 745 | 670 | 782 | 713 |
| 2012 | 748 | 641 | 776 | 704 |
Median values are shown for each subgroup unless otherwise noted.
1 Authors’ analysis of school characteristics databases, available publicly within the CDE’s website.
2 Defined as percentage of residents who completed a bachelor’s degree or more.
3 Mean of yearly enrollment data across all years for each school.
To understand the relationships between these policies and overweight/obesity, we examined the adjusted (1) prevalence trends in 2002–2016; (2) changes in overweight/obesity prevalence after each policy introduction; and (3) differences in changes in prevalence between each minority subgroup and White students after the introduction of each policy. The numerical values of the estimated associations and comparisons between periods are included in S1–S4 Tables.
AIAN, American Indian/Alaska Native; CDE, California Department of Education; FI, children of Filipino origin; PI, children of Pacific Islander origin.