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: NBH2004_public_use

Overview

Valid: 3958

Invalid: 2409

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	1652	41.7%
2	Motor vehicle accident	252	6.4%
3	I fell	509	12.9%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	403	10.2%
5	I was fighting with someone	242	6.1%
6	Attacked or assaulted	137	3.5%
7	Was in a fire	169	4.3%
8	Something else	594	15%
Sysmiss		2409

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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