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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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q19)

Data file: ECAH2007_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2500

Invalid: 169

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	1685	67.4%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	188	7.5%
3	Cut, puncture, stab wound	86	3.4%
4	Concussion/head injury	114	4.6%
5	I had a gunshot wound	30	1.2%
6	I had a bad burn	29	1.2%
7	Lost foot, leg, hand, or arm	15	0.6%
8	Something else happened to me	353	14.1%
Sysmiss		169

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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