Definition of the variables contained in Tables A2.1 through A2.5, Appendix A

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Note: A discussion of the following definitions is found in Appendix C. The abbreviation R equals values that are taken directly from the published statistical abstracts of the Annual Reports of the secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. Table A2.1 Col. 1. Number of children 0–19. Source: Reported figures are from the U.S. censuses of 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880, and from the Massachusetts censuses of 1855, 1865, and 1875. Interim years are extrapolated on the assumption of constant arithmetic annual increases between censuses. Figures are for all races. (See discussion, Appendix C, Section 1.) Col. 2. Number of children enrolled in public schools, all ages, summer term. Source: R. Col. 3. Percentage of children birth to 19 enrolled in public schools, summer term. Definition: Col. 2/Col. 1. Col. 4. Number of children enrolled in public schools, all ages, winter term. Source: R. Col. 5. Percentage of children birth to 19 enrolled in public schools, winter term. Definition: Col. 4/Col. 1. Col. 6. Average daily number of children attending public schools, summer term. Source: R Col. 7. Average percentage of children birth to 19 attending public schools daily, summer term.