Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2010

Jamaica, 2010

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JAM_2010_GSHS_v01

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National Council on Drug Abuse

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Sep 27, 2018

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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q18)

Data file: JAM2010_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1403

Invalid: 220

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 23

End: 23

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about serious injuries that happened to you. An injury is serious when it makes you miss at least one full day of usual activities (such as school, sports, or a job) or requires treatment by a doctor or nurse.

Literal question

During the past 12 months, what was the most serious injury that happened to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not seriously injured	812	57.9%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	67	4.8%
3	I had a cut or stab wound	148	10.5%
4	Concussion/head injury	51	3.6%
5	I had a gunshot wound	20	1.4%
6	I had a bad burn	43	3.1%
7	I was poisoned	8	0.6%
8	Something else happened to me	254	18.1%
Sysmiss		220

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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