Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2003

Uganda, 2003

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UGA_2003_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Sports

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Aug 07, 2018

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: UGBH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1274

Invalid: 435

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	527	41.4%
2	Motor vehicle accident	65	5.1%
3	I fell	272	21.4%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	128	10%
5	I was fighting with someone	39	3.1%
6	Attacked or assaulted	27	2.1%
7	Was in a fire	52	4.1%
8	Something else	164	12.9%
Sysmiss		435

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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