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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How bullied past 30 days (Q21)

Data file: JAM2010_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1468

Invalid: 155

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 26

End: 26

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 2 questions ask about bullying. Bullying occurs when a student or group of students say or do bad and unpleasant things to another student. It is also bullying when a student is teased a lot in an unpleasant way or when a student is left out of things on purpose. It is not bullying when two students of about the same strength or power argue or fight or when teasing is done in a friendly and fun way.

Literal question

During the past 30 days, how were you bullied most often?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not bullied	988	67.3%
2	Kicked, pushed, or shoved	69	4.7%
3	Made fun of race	74	5%
4	Made fun because of religion	26	1.8%
5	Made fun of about sex	43	2.9%
6	Left out of activities	22	1.5%
7	Made fun of about body	77	5.2%
8	Some other way	169	11.5%
Sysmiss		155

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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