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Table 1 Key informant participant characteristics

From: Assessing community readiness for overweight and obesity prevention in pre-adolescent girls: a case study

Key informant

Subcategory or description of characteristics (number of schools)

Total

Subcategory (NS-SEC)*

Total

Overall total

Parents

Least deprived school

0

Managerial and professional occupations

2

 
 

Medium deprived school (2)

2

Intermediate occupations

3

 

Small employers and own account workers

1

Lower supervisory and technical occupations

0

Semi-routine and routine occupations

1

Unemployed

3

 

Most deprived school (4)

8

  

10

Teachers and teaching assistants**

Least deprived school (1)

1

   
 

Medium deprived school (3)

3

   
 

Most deprived school (1)

2

  

6

Dinner staff

Most deprived school

1

  

1

Government initiative leaders

Healthy Schools Advisor

1

   
 

School Food Advisor

1

  

2

Shop-keepers

Urban area

1

   
 

Rural area

1

  

2

Girl guide leaders

Based on a diverse range of geographical settings across the community

6

  

6

Sports coaches

Sports Development Officers

2

   
 

Football Development Officer

1

   
 

Gymnastics Coach

1

   
 

Community Sports Coach/Play Ranger

1

  

6

School Sports Coach

1

TOTAL N:

    

33

  1. *National Statistics Socio-economic Classification [28] derived from self-coded method of self-reported occupation into one of five classes. **Two of the teaching assistants were also dinner staff.