Estimates of effect of free school breakfast programme on children's school attendance
| Probability of school attendance rate <95% | OR* | ||||||
| Estimate | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | Estimate | Lower 95% CI | Upper 95% CI | p Value | |
| Intervention | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.51 | 0.81 | 0.59 | 1.11 | 0.19 |
| Control | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.57 | ||||
A generalised linear mixed model was used to evaluate the main treatment effect between intervention and control phases, adjusting for age, gender, ethnicity and school terms (ie, secular trend). School was fitted as a random effect to adjust for the cluster effect and the variability across schools.
↵* Reference group is those who achieved an attendance rate of 95% or higher; OR<1 indicates a better treatment effect if statistically significant.