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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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Aug 28, 2018

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: MUBH2007_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2079

Invalid: 199

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	1212	58.3%
2	Motor vehicle accident	44	2.1%
3	I fell	399	19.2%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	62	3%
5	I was fighting with someone	55	2.6%
6	Attacked or assaulted	25	1.2%
7	Was in a fire	19	0.9%
8	Something else	263	12.7%
Sysmiss		199

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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