Key points
- The National Center for Health Statistics Data Query System (DQS) features estimates about how often children miss school (school absenteeism).
- DQS also includes estimates about missed workdays because of illness, injury or disability.
- These estimates are based on data from the National Health Interview Survey.
Missed school days
Description: A missed school day is an excused or unexcused absence from school because a child is sick or injured.
Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the NCHS DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.
Available data filters:
- Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
- Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
- Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level
Explore NCHS DQS data on missing 11 or more school days due to illness or injury.
Missed workdays
Description: A missed workday is any full day of work missed because of a disability or because a person is sick or injured.
Details: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) provides the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) DQS with data about this topic from household interviews.
Available data filters:
- Demographic characteristics, like sex and disability status
- Geographic characteristics, like region and metro area size
- Socioeconomic status, like health insurance coverage and poverty level
Preliminary Data: DQS includes final data from NHIS. More recent preliminary data for this topic are available through the NHIS Early Release Program.
Explore NCHS DQS data on six or more workdays missed due to illness, injury, or disability.