Standard errors for the percentage distribution of 4th- and 8th-grade students who reported missing 3 or more days of school in the previous month, by grade and selected characteristics: Various years, 1994

Student Absenteeism

Table S24-2. Standard errors for the percentage distribution of 4th- and 8th-grade students who reported missing 3 or more days of school in the previous month, by grade and selected characteristics: Various years, 1994–2005

	Grade 4					Grade 8
Characteristic	1994	1998	2002	2003	2005	1994	1998	2002	2003	2005

Total	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Sex
Male	0.8	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2
Female	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.2
Race/ethnicity
White	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	1	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.2
Black	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.4	0.3	1.4	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.4
Hispanic	1.4	2.4	0.6	0.5	0.4	2.6	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.3
Asian/Pacific Islander	3	†	1	0.5	0.5	3	1.8	1	0.6	0.5
American Indian	†	†	1.4	1.2	1	†	†	3.7	2.1	1.2
English language learner
Yes	†	3.4	1	0.6	0.5	†	3.9	1.5	1.1	0.6
No	†	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.1	†	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Classified as having a disability
Yes	†	2.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	†	2.2	0.9	0.6	0.4
No	†	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.1	†	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Language other than English spoken in home
Yes	0.9	1	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.2	1	0.4	0.3	0.2
No	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	1	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.2
Student eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch
Eligible	†	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	†	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.3
Not eligible	†	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.2	†	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.2
School location
Central city	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.3
Urban fringe/large town	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	1	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.2
Rural/small town	1.2	0.9	0.3	0.3	0.2	2.1	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.3
Percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
10 or less	†	1.6	0.5	0.4	0.4	†	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.4
11–25	†	1.3	0.5	0.4	0.3	†	1.3	0.6	0.4	0.4
26–50	†	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.2	†	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.3
51–75	†	1	0.5	0.4	0.3	†	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.4
More than 75	†	2	0.4	0.5	0.4	†	2.7	0.9	0.5	0.5

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), various years, 1994–2005 Reading Assessments, previously unpublished tabulation (December 2005).