Table 1.
Characteristics of School Groups After Matching
| Group 1 (n=6 schools) | Group 2 (n=6schools) | School District Populationa (n=12 schools) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Number of students | 834.0 | 131.2 | 898.5 | 121.8 | 866.25 | 125.3 |
| Distanceb | 3.8 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
| Percent free and reduced lunch | 36.6 | 27.0 | 44.3 | 34.8 | 40.5 | 30.0 |
a
School district elementary school population.
b
Distance from school to restaurant.
Notes: Schools matched on enrollment, distance, and free and reduced meal eligibility using Mahalanobis. After matching the two groups did not differ on any of these characteristics (p>.05) although the present study was not powered to detect this difference. District data are from 2015–2016 Enrollment Demographics.