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Table 2 General health environment of participating schools (n = 100 schools)

From: “HealthKick”: Formative assessment of the health environment in low-resource primary schools in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Schools

Quintile 1

Quintile 2

Quintile 3

Total

CI

Pvalue*

Condition of building

22

33

45

100

  

 Neat

100

91

87

91

[87,93]

0.0102

 Condition good

96

82

91

89

[85,92]

0.0460

 Need a coat of paint

100

88

85

89

[84,93]

0.0240

Condition of bathrooms

22

33

43

100

  

 Soap in the bathrooms (male)

14

9

0

6

[3,10]

0.0029

 Soap in the bathrooms (female)

23

9

21

8

[6,14]

0.0035

 Bad smell in the bathrooms (male)

64

64

55

59

[52,66]

0.3519

 Bad smell in the bathrooms (female)

23

46

31

34

[27,41]

0.0377

 Towels in the bathrooms (male)

5

9

0

4

[2,8]

0.0175

 Towels in the bathrooms (female)

5

9

0

4

[2,8]

0.0175

 Drains blocked (male)

5

12

2

6

[4,10]

0.0329

 Drains blocked (female)

5

6

4

5

[3,10]

0.8726

Condition of playgrounds

22

33

45

100

  

 Mostly grass

23

57

62

52

[45,59]

0.0001

 Mostly sand with stones

77

41

27

42

[36,49]

0.0000

 Cemented areas available

14

49

56

44

[38,51]

0.0000

 Generally free of glass and other dangerous objects

59

85

73

74

[67,79]

0.0111

 Some glass and other dangerous objects

0

12

9

8

[5,13]

0.0371

 Clean of litter

0

3

2

2

[1,5]

0.4476

Condition of sport fields

14

21

30

65

  

 Grass, clean and good condition

14

15

27

20

[13,30]

0.1194

 Sand/stone/muddy/litter/weeds

7

12

13

12

[7,20]

 

 Grass/field with posts

14

11

3

8

[4,16]

 

 Grass no posts

0

12

40

34

[1,12]

 

 Sand/gravel with posts + long grass

29

11

7

13

[7,22]

 

 Uneven, long grass/no posts – sand/bad condition/weeds/mole hills

29

29

40

34

[25,44]

 

 No space/no sports field/not suitable to use for rugby

7

6

3

5

[2,14

 

 Mostly grass towards ends, mostly sand with small stones

0

4

7

4

[2,11]

 

Signage

22

33

45

100

  

 Sponsored by a food or beverage company

73

61

60

63

[56,70]

0.3370

Posters

22

33

44

99

  

 Physical activity

23

9

9

12

[8,18]

0.0582

 Nutrition

41

36

20

30

[24,63]

0.0289

  1. * Pearson Chi-square test adjusted for the survey design.
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