Table 2.

Covariates for analyses

Covariates	Classification based on	Categories
Food outlet type	The kind of food and drink sold	Kiosk (ice-cream, prepackaged snacks and drinks only) Canteen (ice-cream, prepackaged snacks and drinks, and a small selection of hot and cold foods) Café (ice-cream, prepackaged snacks and drinks, variety of hot and cold foods, food could be made to order)
Facility size	Median number of cold packaged drink units sold per week during study period	<50 units sold per week ≥50 units sold per week
Area level socioeconomic disadvantage	Socioeconomic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) measure of disadvantage30	Higher disadvantage (SEIFA ≤5th decile) Lower disadvantage (SEIFA ≥6th decile)
Seasonality of facility opening	Months of year facility usually open	Seasonal (included sporting clubs and outdoor pools which were often open only over the summer months)* Non-seasonal (open all year)
Season of audit	Month of audit	Summer (December–February) Autumn (March–May) Winter (June–August) Spring (September–November)
Mean maximum daily temperature for each week	Daily maximum temperature of the closest weather station to each local government area obtained from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology website31	N/A—continuous variable

*One facility that was open all year had a low weekly number of unit sales outside the summer season so for the purposes of this analysis was also considered a seasonal facility.

N/A, not applicable.