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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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q19)

Data file: UGAH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1066

Invalid: 440

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 most serious injury that happened to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not seriously injured	300	28.1%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	223	20.9%
3	Cut, puncture, stab wound	287	26.9%
4	Concussion/head injury	66	6.2%
5	I had a gunshot wound	19	1.8%
6	I had a bad burn	49	4.6%
7	Lost foot, leg, hand, or arm	36	3.4%
8	Something else happened to me	86	8.1%
Sysmiss		440

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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