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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Health. 2022 Nov 20;93(5):360–369. doi: 10.1111/josh.13283

Table 4. In-Person School Days Saved among Enrolled Household Close Contacts.

Total Participants with Positive COVID-19 Test or Symptoms following Household Exposure Total Participants with Positive COVID-19 Test following Household Exposure Number of School/Work Days Missed Due to Positive COVID-19 Test after Household Exposure, Na, median (min, Q1, Q3, max) Total Participants with Symptoms following Household Exposure Number of School/Work Days Missed due to Symptoms after Household Exposure, Na, median (min, Q1, Q3, max) Total Number of Participants Who were Considered Positiveb following Household Exposure Total School Days Saved/Total School Days Potentially Missed per Household Quarantine Policy Total Work Days Saved/Total Work Days Potentially Missed per Household Quarantine Policy
All districts, N (%) 95% CI 108 73/320 (23%)
(15.7%−34.4%)
73, 4 (0, 3, 5, 9) 59/320 (18%)
(12.2%−28.1%)
59, 3 (0, 0, 4, 9) 93/320 (29%)
(22.5%−36.6%)
918/1125 (82%) 593/724 (82%)
District A 3 3/4 (75%) 3, 4 (4, 4, 4, 4) 2/4 (50%) 2, 4 (4, 4, 4, 4) 3/4 (75%) 5/17 (29%) 0/0(0%)
District B 72 47/227 (21%) 47, 4 (1, 3, 5, 5) 38/227 (17%) 38, 2 (0, 0, 4, 5) 63/227 (28%) 568/660 (86%) 556/673 (83%)
District C 2 1/7 (14%) 1, 5 (5, 5, 5, 5) 1/7 (14%) 1, 8 (8, 8, 8, 8) 1/7 (14%) 38/51 (75%) 0/0(0%)
District D 30 21/77 (27%) 21, 4 (0, 2, 4, 9) 18/77 (23%) 18, 3 (0, 1, 4, 9) 25/77 (32%) 283/368 (77%) 37/51 (73%)
District E 1 1/5 (20%) 1, 5 (5, 5, 5, 5) 0/5(0%) 1/5 (20%) 24/29 (83%) 0/0(0%)
Elementary school 70 47/182 (26%) 47, 4 (0, 3, 5, 5) 38/182 (21%) 38, 3 (0, 0, 4, 8) 58/182 (32%) 500/659 (76%) 309/369 (84%)
Middle school 21 14/73 (19%) 14, 4 (0, 4, 5, 5) 13/73 (18%) 13, 2 (0, 0, 3, 5) 19/73 (26%) 279/312 (89%) 100/127 (79%)
High school 6 5/37 (14%) 5, 4 (3, 4, 5, 8) 3/37 (8%) 3, 4 (0, 0, 8, 8) 6/37 (16%) 139/154 (90%) 72/81 (89%)
Administration 6 3/11 (27%) 3, 3 (2, 2, 4, 4) 3/11 (27%) 3, 1 (0, 0, 4, 4) 5/11 (45%) 0/0(0%) 34/48 (71%)
Unknown/multiple levels 5 4/17 (24%) 4, 3 (2, 2, 6, 9) 2/17 (12%) 2, 7 (5, 5, 9, 9) 5/17 (29%) 0/0(0%) 78/99 (79%)

CI, confidence interval; COVID-19, coronavirus 2019; Q1, quarter 1; Q3, quarter 3

a

N = number of participants who reported missed days

b

Total participants considered positive is the sum of the number of participants who received test confirmation of COVID-19 infection and the number of participants presumed positive (developed symptoms but did not received/report a negative test after development of symptoms)