Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007, Guayaquil, Quito, and Zamora

Ecuador, 2007

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ECU_2007_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: ECAH2007_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2515

Invalid: 154

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	1619	64.4%
2	Motor vehicle accident	66	2.6%
3	I fell	396	15.7%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	100	4%
5	I was fighting with someone	60	2.4%
6	Attacked or assaulted	20	0.8%
7	Was in a fire	14	0.6%
8	Something else	240	9.5%
Sysmiss		154

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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