Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017

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JAM_2017_GSHS_v01

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National Council on Drug Abuse

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Feb 13, 2020

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Bullied how (Q21)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1551

Invalid: 116

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 2 questions ask about bullying. Bullying occurs when a student or group of students say or do bad and unpleasant things to another student. It is also bullying when a student is teased a lot in an unpleasant way or when a student is left out of things on purpose. It is not bullying when two students of about the same strength or power argue or fight or when teasing is done in a friendly and fun way.

Literal question

During the past 30 days, how were you bullied most often?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not bullied	1205	77.7%
2	Kicked, pushed, or shoved	30	1.9%
3	Made fun of race	38	2.5%
4	Made fun because of religion	20	1.3%
5	Made fun of about sex	51	3.3%
6	Left out of activities	17	1.1%
7	Made fun of about body	78	5%
8	Some other way	112	7.2%
Sysmiss		116

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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