Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2008

Sri Lanka, 2008

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LKA_2008_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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How many times injured past 12 months (Q15)

Data file: LKA2008_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2362

Invalid: 249

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 22

End: 22

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, how many times were you seriously injured?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	0 times	1492	63.2%
2	1 time	546	23.1%
3	2 or 3 times	220	9.3%
4	4 or 5 times	50	2.1%
5	6 or 7 times	27	1.1%
6	8 or 9 times	5	0.2%
7	10 or 11 times	4	0.2%
8	12 or more times	18	0.8%
Sysmiss		249

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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