Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2005

Botswana, 2005

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BWA_2005_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Aug 09, 2018

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: BWH2005_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1513

Invalid: 684

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

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	522	34.5%
2	Motor vehicle accident	94	6.2%
3	I fell	281	18.6%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	170	11.2%
5	I was fighting with someone	83	5.5%
6	Attacked or assaulted	80	5.3%
7	Was in a fire	92	6.1%
8	Something else	191	12.6%
Sysmiss		684

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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