Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2018

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2018

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VCT_2018_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Serious injury type (q18)

Data file: VCHq

Overview

Valid: 1678

Invalid: 199

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

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	996	59.4%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	126	7.5%
3	I had a cut or stab wound	153	9.1%
4	Concussion/head injury	46	2.7%
5	I had a gunshot wound	3	0.2%
6	I had a bad burn	38	2.3%
7	I was poisoned	11	0.7%
8	Something else happened to me	305	18.2%
Sysmiss		199

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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