Effectiveness of a multi-strategy intervention in increasing the implementation of vegetable and fruit breaks by Australian primary schools: a non-randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Characteristics of schools that completed baseline and follow-up interviews

School characteristic	Intervention	Comparison	pvalue
	(N = 388)	(N = 258)
	n (%)	n (%)
School type
· Government	298 (76.8)	199 (77.1)	0.923
· Non-government	90 (23.20)	59 (22.9)
School size
· Small	180 (46.9)	85 (34.6)	0.003*
· Medium	160 (41.7)	115 (46.8)
· Large	44 (11.5)	46 (18.7)
ARIA
· Urban	233 (60.1)	198 (76.7)	<0.001*
· Rural	155 (40.0)	60 (23.3)
SEIFA
· High	100 (25.8)	109 (42.3)	<0.001*
· Low	288 (74.2)	149 (57.8)

* Significant where alpha = 0.05; ARIA, Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia; SEIFA, Socio-Economic Indexes For Australia.

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