Absence from school -- See School attendance Here are entered works on the presence or absence of individuals registered in schools. Works on the number of individuals registered to attend schools and the demographic characteristics of this population are entered under School enrollment.
--subdivision Officials and employees--Leave regulations under names of countries, cities, etc; and under names of individual government departments, agencies, etc.
Absent fathers -- See Absentee fathers Here are entered works on fathers who have voluntarily or involuntarily relinquished custody of their natural born children after having kept them for a period of time after birth.
Absent treatment -- See Mental healing Here are entered works on the use of psychological or psychic means to treat illness. Works on the use of faith, prayer, or sacramental means to treat illness are entered under Spiritual healing.