Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2003

Kenya, 2003

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KEN_2003_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q19)

Data file: KECH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 570

Invalid: 259

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 24

End: 24

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 most serious injury that happened to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not seriously injured	122	21.4%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	116	20.4%
3	Cut, puncture, stab wound	139	24.4%
4	Concussion/head injury	54	9.5%
5	I had a gunshot wound	23	4%
6	I had a bad burn	43	7.5%
7	Lost foot, leg, hand, or arm	25	4.4%
8	Something else happened to me	48	8.4%
Sysmiss		259

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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