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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How bullied past 30 days (Q21)

Data file: 2012GHA_juniorhigh_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1471

Invalid: 177

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 2 questions ask about bullying. Bullying occurs when a student or group of students say or do bad and unpleasant things to another student. It is also bullying when a student is teased a lot in an unpleasant way or when a student is left out of things on purpose. It is not bullying when two students of about the same strength or power argue or fight or when teasing is done in a friendly and fun way.

Literal question

During the past 30 days, how were you bullied most often?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not bullied	782	53.2%
2	Kicked, pushed, or shoved	227	15.4%
3	Made fun of race	136	9.2%
4	Made fun because of religion	67	4.6%
5	Made fun of about sex	47	3.2%
6	Left out of activities	30	2%
7	Made fun of about body	74	5%
8	Some other way	108	7.3%
Sysmiss		177

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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