Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Mauritius, 2017

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MUS_2017_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Feb 25, 2020

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Serious injury broken bone (Q18)

Data file: MUBH2017_GSHS_Data_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2623

Invalid: 389

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about serious injuries that happened to you. 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	1947	74.2%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	165	6.3%
3	I had a cut or stab wound	139	5.3%
4	Concussion/head injury	39	1.5%
5	I had a gunshot wound	8	0.3%
6	I had a bad burn	27	1%
7	I was poisoned	11	0.4%
8	Something else happened to me	287	10.9%
Sysmiss		389

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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