Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007

Ghana, 2007

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GHA_2007_GSHS_v01

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Middle Tennessee State University

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: GHH2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 5500

Invalid: 736

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	2118	38.5%
2	Motor vehicle accident	703	12.8%
3	I fell	802	14.6%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	715	13%
5	I was fighting with someone	289	5.3%
6	Attacked or assaulted	186	3.4%
7	Was in a fire	193	3.5%
8	Something else	494	9%
Sysmiss		736

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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