Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2012

Ghana, 2012

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GHA_2012_GSHS_v01

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Middle Tennessee State University

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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q18)

Data file: 2012GHA_juniorhigh_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1463

Invalid: 185

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about serious injuries that happened to you. 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	767	52.4%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	199	13.6%
3	I had a cut or stab wound	211	14.4%
4	Concussion/head injury	66	4.5%
5	I had a gunshot wound	21	1.4%
6	I had a bad burn	48	3.3%
7	I was poisoned	12	0.8%
8	Something else happened to me	139	9.5%
Sysmiss		185

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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