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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Aug 07, 2018

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: KEAH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1016

Invalid: 613

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 21

End: 21

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	328	32.3%
2	Motor vehicle accident	69	6.8%
3	I fell	199	19.6%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	116	11.4%
5	I was fighting with someone	67	6.6%
6	Attacked or assaulted	47	4.6%
7	Was in a fire	63	6.2%
8	Something else	127	12.5%
Sysmiss		613

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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