Table 1.
School-level characteristics and response rates for the intervention schools (n = 6) and validation school (n = 1)
| Area | % FSM eligible | Peer educator year group | Peer learner year group | Response rate baseline N/n eligible (%) |
Response rate follow-up N/n eligible (%) |
Length of gap post-intervention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest | NA | 12 | 7 | 86/109 (79.0) | 45/109 (41.3) | 12 weeks |
| Southwest | 14.2% | 13 | 8, 9 | 153/549 (27.9) | 172/549 (31.3) | 1 week |
| Southwesta | NA | 12 | 7, 8 | 95/126 (75.4) | 9/126 (7.14) | 3 weeks |
| Northern | 49.4%c | 12, 13 | 7 | 56/81 (69.1) | 51/81 (63.0) | 5 weeks |
| Northern | 12.6% | 13 | 7 | 142/349 (40.7) | 0/349 (0.00) | NA |
| Northern | 26.7% | 10 | 7 | 63/202 (31.2) | 139/202 (68.8) | 12 weeks |
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Total: 595/1416 (42.0)d Mean per cluster: 365.3/6 (60.9)f |
Total: 416/1416 (29.4)e Mean per cluster: 240.1/6 (40.0) |
Average: 6.6 weeks | ||||
| Northern b | 4.9% | NA | NA | 175/190 (92.1) | 138/190 (72.6) |
FSM free school meal, N eligible defined as total number of email addresses provided by the school
aExisting user school
bValidation school
cAbove national average (27.7%)
d597 students consented but 2 school IDs are missing
e597 students consented but 2 school IDs are missing
fUnit of cluster = school