Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007

Mauritius, 2007

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MUS_2007_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, Ministry of Education and Human Resources, World Health Organization

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Aug 28, 2018

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: MUAH2007_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1097

Invalid: 43

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 23

End: 23

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	599	54.6%
2	Motor vehicle accident	28	2.6%
3	I fell	172	15.7%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	42	3.8%
5	I was fighting with someone	19	1.7%
6	Attacked or assaulted	16	1.5%
7	Was in a fire	9	0.8%
8	Something else	212	19.3%
Sysmiss		43

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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