Teacher characteristics by experimental group
| Characteristic | Control | Intervention | ||||
| Baseline | 12 months | 18 months | Baseline | 12 months | 18 months | |
| School type teaching at | N=179 | N=180 | N=194 | N=221 | N=223 | N=197 |
| Catholic/independent | 62 (35%) | 72 (40%) | 58 (30%) | 66 (30%) | 67 (30%) | 57 (29%) |
| Government | 117 (65%) | 108 (60%) | 135 (70%) | 155 (70%) | 156 (70%) | 140 (71%) |
| Age of class teacher | N=173 | N=158 | N=171 | N=202 | N=197 | N=152 |
| Mean (SD) | 38.0 (11.1) | 38.3 (11) | 39.3 (11) | 40.0 (11) | 39.8 (11) | 40.1 (11) |
| Sex | N=174 | N=175 | N=188 | N=210 | N=219 | N=176 |
| Female—n (%) | 148 (85%) | 149 (85%) | 160 (85%) | 183 (87%) | 189 (86%) | 150 (85%) |
| Job share | N=173 | N=168 | N=184** | N=209 | N=211 | N=165** |
| Yes—n (%) | 53 (301%) | 48 (29%) | 54 (29%) | 48 (22%) | 49 (23%) | 30 (18%) |
| Employment status | N=172 | N=170 | N=185 | N=209 | N=209 | N=167 |
| Permanent full-time | 104 (60%) | 88 (52%) | 101 (55%) | 113 (54%) | 111 (53%) | 99 (59%) |
| Temporary full-time | 50 (29%) | 62 (36%) | 60 (32%) | 71 (34%) | 67 (32%) | 48 (29%) |
| Permanent part-time | 7 (4%) | 11 (6%) | 14 (8%) | 14 (7%) | 15 (7%) | 14 (8%) |
| Temporary part-time | 6 (3%) | 5 (3%) | 10 (5%) | 8 (4%) | 13 (6%) | 6 (4%) |
| Casual | 5 (3%) | 4 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (1%) | 3 (1%) | 0 (0%) |
| Number of years teaching | N=172 | N=167 | N=184 | N=209 | N=207 | N=165 |
| Mean (SD) | 13.0 (11) | 12.5 (10) | 13.6 (10) | 14.6 (10) | 13.8 (10) | 14.0 (10) |
| Specialist PDHPE teacher | N=173 | N=168 | N=182 | N=211 | N=210 | N=167 |
| Yes—n (%) | 3 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (3%) | 2 (1%) | 6 (3%) | 3 (2%) |
**P<0.01.
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