Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2011

Mauritius, 2011

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MUS_2011_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. (Q18)

Data file: MUS2011_Rodrigues_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1018

Invalid: 118

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about serious injuries that happened to you. 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	672	66%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	70	6.9%
3	I had a cut or stab wound	60	5.9%
4	Concussion/head injury	16	1.6%
5	I had a gunshot wound	4	0.4%
6	I had a bad burn	14	1.4%
7	I was poisoned	6	0.6%
8	Something else happened to me	176	17.3%
Sysmiss		118

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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