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NPD Variable

overallabsence_summer

Number of absence sessions for the Summer term

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
Missing or inapplicable-935555.59%
Value GT 06000494.41%
Total63559100.00%
Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
2.673555084%

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