Table 2 Frequency and duration of school absence among pupils in primary education in the school year 2015/2016
From: The prevalence of sickness absence among primary school pupils – reason to be worried?
MPS (total N pupils:2216) | SSPE (total N pupils:1000) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Median | Range | Mean (SD) | Median | Range | ||
Sickness absence | Duration (days) | 4.30 (4.44) | 3† | 0.5–63 | 6.24 (6.94) | 4 | 0.5–80 |
Frequency | 2.73 (2.36) | 2† | 1–31 | 3.74 (3.26) | 3 | 1–28 | |
Doctor’s visits | Frequency | 2.18 (3.13) | 1† | 1–35 | 2.39 (1.87) | 2 | 1–12 |
Other authorised absence | Duration (days) | 2.52 (4.15) | 1† | 0.5–62.5 | 1.65 (1.60) | 1 | 0.5–12 |
Frequency | 1.85 (2.86) | 1† | 1–56 | 1.73 (1.99) | 1 | 1–24 | |
Tardiness | Frequency | 4.91 (8.44) | 2† | 1–66 | 4.55 (6.59) | 2 | 1–43 |
Unauthorised absence | Duration (days) | 1.05 (0.98) | 1† | 0.5–5.5 | 1.93 (2.56) | 1 | 0.5–13.5 |
Frequency | 1.15 (0.43) | 1† | 1–3 | 1.86 (2.36) | 1 | 1–14 | |