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Is child 5 currently still attending school in person?

Datafiles

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
Inapplicable	-8	716	99.72%
No	1	2	0.28%
	Total	718	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	17750	99.94%
No	1	11	0.06%
	Total	17761	100.0%

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