Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2008

Yemen, 2008

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YEM_2008_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Public Health and Population

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Sep 20, 2018

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: YEM2008_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1045

Invalid: 130

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 22

End: 22

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	557	53.3%
2	Motor vehicle accident	83	7.9%
3	I fell	93	8.9%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	81	7.8%
5	I was fighting with someone	67	6.4%
6	Attacked or assaulted	19	1.8%
7	Was in a fire	19	1.8%
8	Something else	126	12.1%
Sysmiss		130

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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