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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How bullied past 30 days (Q21)

Data file: LKA2008_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2382

Invalid: 229

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 28

End: 28

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 2 questions ask about bullying. Bullying occurs when a student or group of students say or do bad and unpleasant things to another student. It is also bullying when a student is teased a lot in an unpleasant way or when a student is left out of things on purpose. It is not bullying when two students of about the same strength or power argue or fight or when teasing is done in a friendly and fun way.

Literal question

During the past 30 days, how were you bullied most often?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not bullied	1505	63.2%
2	Kicked, pushed, or shoved	115	4.8%
3	Made fun because of race/color	50	2.1%
4	Made fun because of religion	27	1.1%
5	Made fun of about sex	48	2%
6	Left out of activities	58	2.4%
7	Made fun of about body	62	2.6%
8	Some other way	517	21.7%
Sysmiss		229

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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