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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Educ Behav. 2021 Jul;53(7):553–563. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.04.004

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Analytic Sample of 5th, 7th, and 9th-12th Grade Participants Compared to Total Enrollment

Elementary: 5th Grade
n (%) or Mean±SD
Middle (7th Grade) and
High School
n (%) or Mean±SD
Total Grades 5,7,9-12th
n (%) or Mean±SD
Race Analytic
Sample
(n=297)
Enrollment
Totala
(N=319)
Analytic
Sample
(n=695)
Enrollment
Totala
(N=3,425)
Analytic
Sample
(n=992)
Enrollment
Totala
(N=3,744)
 Asian or Pacific Islanderb 16 (5) 18 (6) 51 (7) 317 (9) 67 (7) 335 (9)
 African American or Blackb 48 (16) 54 (17) 157 (23) 627 (18) 205 (21) 681 (18)
 Hispanic Any Race 81 (27) 79 (25) 158 (23) 762 (22) 239 (24) 841 (23)
 Two or More Racesb 44 (15) 47 (15) 76 (11) 392 (11) 120 (12) 439 (12)
 Whiteb 108 (36) 121 (38) 253 (36) 1,327 (39) 361 (37) 1,448 (39)
Free & Reduced Price Mealc
 Eligible 108 (36) 1,426 (34) 255 (37) 717 (38) 363 (37) 2,143 (35)
 Ineligible 189 (64) 2,760 (66) 440 (63) 1,177(62) 629 (63) 3,937 (65)
Gender
 Female 142 (48) 154 (48) 370 (53)d 1664 (49) 512 (52) 1,818 (49)
 Male 155 (52) 168 (52) 325 (47)d 1773 (52) 480 (48) 1930 (52)
Consumptione
 Total SSBs 1.6±2.8 n/a 1.2±1.7 n/a n/a n/a
 Water 3.5±1.6 n/a 3.0±1.2 n/a n/a n/a
 Total non-SSBs 6.0±3.0 n/a 4.5±2.0 n/a n/a n/a

Acronyms: SSBs—Sugar Sweetened Beverages, SD—standard deviation

a

Total enrollment of sampled schools and grade(s) in the 2016-2017 school year (includes enrollment in classes not sampled)

b

Non-Hispanic

c

Data unavailable for 3 students, and enrollment data on free and reduced price meal is from the school-wide level

d

Distribution of gender differed significantly between analytic sample and school enrollment data (Chi-square P=0.02). No other characteristic in table differed significantly.

e

Units are in frequency of consuming a “can, bottle, or glass” “yesterday” for 5th grade and per day in the past week for 7-12th grades.