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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res Lett. 2020 Nov 18;15(11):114052. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abbf7a

Table A1.

Economic impact of school absences in the Salt Lake City School District (SLCSD) and potential benefits of pollution reduction disaggregated by school location within the SLCSD.

School Level (N) West (16) East (20) District (36)

Title 1 Schools 15 4 19
Annual Enrollment: Mean (SD) 648 (512) 619 (410) 632 (451)
Annual Attendance Days: Mean (SD) 116 615 (92 077) 111 444 (73 711) 113 742 (81 177)
Annual Absences: Mean (SD) 6337 (3428) 5742 (3488) 6007 (3425)
Absences (%): Mean (SD) 5.82 (1.08) 5.40 (1.27) 5.59 (1.19)
Annual PM2.5 (μg m−3): Mean (SD) 6.73 (0.08) 6.43 (0.42) 6.56 (0.35)
Annual Ozone (ppb): Mean (SD) 28.17 (0.2) 28.65 (0.88) 28.44 (0.7)
Absences Reduction: Mean (SD) 20 (10) 16 (7) 18 (9)
Absent Student School Funding ($): Mean (SD) 835 (420) 652 (305) 733 (367)
Lost Wages ($): Mean (SD) 3841 (1933) 2997 (1403) 3372 (1689)
Meal Costs ($): Mean (SD) 36 (19) 28 (13) 32 (16)
Total Family Burden ($): Mean (SD) 3877 (1952) 3025 (1416) 3404 (1705)
Economic Multiplier ($): Mean (SD) 9602 (4832) 7492 (3509) 8430 (4221)
Total Economic Cost: Mean (SD) 13 479 (6784) 10 517 (4925) 11 834 (5926)