Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Benin, 2009 - 2010

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BEN_2009_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health, World Health Organisation, US Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Secondary Education and Vocational Training

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Sep 21, 2018

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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q18)

Data file: BEN2009_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2294

Invalid: 396

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 23

End: 23

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	1359	59.2%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	191	8.3%
3	I had a cut or stab wound	440	19.2%
4	Concussion/head injury	103	4.5%
5	I had a gunshot wound	41	1.8%
6	I had a bad burn	27	1.2%
7	I was poisoned	5	0.2%
8	Something else happened to me	128	5.6%
Sysmiss		396

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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