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Median days away from work

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001166

Median number of days of missed work due to injury or illness.

Note: Median days away from work is the measure used to summarize the varying lengths of absences from work among the cases with days away from work. Half the cases involved more days, and half involved fewer days, than a specified median.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001166
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesBLS Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Median days away from work",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Median number of days of missed work due to injury or illness.\n\nNote: Median days away from work is the measure used to summarize the varying lengths of absences from work among the cases with days away from work. Half the cases involved more days, and half involved fewer days, than a specified median.",
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/median-days-away-from-work/"
}

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