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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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q19)

Data file: UGH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 2353

Invalid: 862

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	827	35.1%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	434	18.4%
3	Cut, puncture, stab wound	552	23.5%
4	Concussion/head injury	135	5.7%
5	I had a gunshot wound	33	1.4%
6	I had a bad burn	102	4.3%
7	Lost foot, leg, hand, or arm	54	2.3%
8	Something else happened to me	216	9.2%
Sysmiss		862

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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