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Table 7 Reported and observed data regarding food provided/sold at the 100 schools

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

Variables

Q1 % [CI]

Q2 % [CI]

Q3 % [CI]

Total % [CI]

Pvalue*

Schools with tuck shops

59 [44,73]

51 [40, 63]

76 [65, 84]

64 [57, 70]

0.0078

Vendors on property

0

62 [3, 14]

9 [5, 16]

6 [4, 10]

0.596

Vendors outside school fence

18 [9, 33]

31 [22, 41]

42 [32, 53]

33 [27, 40]

0.0146

Shop near school

5 [1, 17]

3 [0, 10]

8 [4, 18]

6 [3, 11]

0.2913

National School Nutrition Programme

100

97 [90, 99]

98 [92, 99]

98 [95, 99]

0.4476

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