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Table 3: Pupils present taking school meals (free or purchased) by sector, 1999 to 2006
| | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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Pupils present on census day | Total | 670,812 | 688,235 | 665,012 | 669,809 | 659,418 | 668,144 | 655,805 | 646,097 |
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Primary | 403,615 | 408,799 | 392,982 | 396,810 | 385,004 | 387,090 | 377,461 | 370,600 |
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Secondary | 260,678 | 272,535 | 265,160 | 266,027 | 267,822 | 274,299 | 271,756 | 268,987 |
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Special | 6,519 | 6,901 | 6,870 | 6,972 | 6,592 | 6,755 | 6,588 | 6,510 |
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Pupils present and taking meals | Total | 311,305 | 326,451 | 324,309 | 336,557 | 333,989 | 329,179 | 306,034 | 297,791 |
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Primary | 189,171 | 192,283 | 189,462 | 196,826 | 191,142 | 189,310 | 175,729 | 175,478 |
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Secondary | 116,615 | 128,055 | 128,730 | 133,721 | 137,028 | 133,933 | 124,622 | 116,815 |
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Special | 5,519 | 6,113 | 6,117 | 6,010 | 5,819 | 5,936 | 5,683 | 5,498 |
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Percentage of those present taking meals | Total | 46.4 | 47.4 | 48.8 | 50.2 | 50.6 | 49.3 | 46.7 | 46.1 |
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Primary | 46.9 | 47.0 | 48.2 | 49.6 | 49.6 | 48.9 | 46.6 | 47.3 |
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Secondary | 44.7 | 47.0 | 48.5 | 50.3 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 45.9 | 43.4 |
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Special | 84.7 | 88.6 | 89.0 | 86.2 | 88.3 | 87.9 | 86.3 | 84.5 |
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