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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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Aug 24, 2018

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: GHAH2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2234

Invalid: 314

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	854	38.2%
2	Motor vehicle accident	371	16.6%
3	I fell	327	14.6%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	290	13%
5	I was fighting with someone	105	4.7%
6	Attacked or assaulted	79	3.5%
7	Was in a fire	63	2.8%
8	Something else	145	6.5%
Sysmiss		314

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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