Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2004

Namibia, 2004

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NAM_2004_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health and Social Services,

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Aug 07, 2018

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: NBDH2004_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1351

Invalid: 574

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 23

End: 23

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 5 questions ask about the most serious injury that happened to you during the past 12 months. 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 major cause of the most serious injury that happened to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not seriously injured	741	54.8%
2	Motor vehicle accident	39	2.9%
3	I fell	172	12.7%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	74	5.5%
5	I was fighting with someone	53	3.9%
6	Attacked or assaulted	41	3%
7	Was in a fire	28	2.1%
8	Something else	203	15%
Sysmiss		574

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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