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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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q19)

Data file: BWH2005_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1527

Invalid: 670

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 most serious injury that happened to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not seriously injured	525	34.4%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	226	14.8%
3	Cut, puncture, stab wound	301	19.7%
4	Concussion/head injury	90	5.9%
5	I had a gunshot wound	31	2%
6	I had a bad burn	128	8.4%
7	Lost foot, leg, hand, or arm	41	2.7%
8	Something else happened to me	185	12.1%
Sysmiss		670

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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