Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Costa Rica, 2009

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CRI_2009_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q18)

Data file: CRI2009_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2449

Invalid: 230

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	1995	81.5%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	104	4.2%
3	I had a cut or stab wound	23	0.9%
4	Concussion/head injury	30	1.2%
5	I had a gunshot wound	9	0.4%
6	I had a bad burn	3	0.1%
7	I was poisoned	2	0.1%
8	Something else happened to me	283	11.6%
Sysmiss		230

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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