Cluster randomised trial of a school-community child health promotion and obesity prevention intervention: findings from the evaluation of fun ‘n healthy in Moreland!

Table 2 Characteristics for each trial arm post intervention (2009)for school cluster and individual levels

School level characteristics	Comparison (K = 10)	Intervention (K = 12)
government schools	8	6
religious sector schools	2	6
participating students	1460	1346
Size of school (mean)	367	243
Student and household level characteristics	Comparison (N = 1460)	Intervention (N = 1346)
Mother born in Australia, %	63.3	65.9
Maternal education
≤ grade10, %	13.1	10.0
grade 11/12 and/or, tech qualification, %	47.6	47.8
University, %	39.3	42.2
Paternal education
≤ grade10, %	14.4	12.6
grade 11/12 and/or, tech qualification, %	47.4	49.1
University, %	38.2	38.3
Employment status^a
Unemployed/home duties, %	13.7	9.8
Part-time, %	9.7	11.5
Full-time employment, %	76.7	78.7
Healthcare card holder, %	34.8	28.4
Food insecurity, % (ran out of food in last 12 months)	11.2%	6.5%
Number of children in family
1 or 2 children, %	51.5	59.1
3 or 4 children, %	39.2	36.4
5+ children, %	9.3	4.5

^aEmployment status combined maternal and paternal – at least one in part time, at least one in part time or both unemployed/home duties

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