Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2003
Bulawayo, Harare, and Manicaland

Zimbabwe, 2003

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ZWE_2003_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Zimbabwe Association of Church Hospitals

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: ZWBH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1461

Invalid: 536

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

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	684	46.8%
2	Motor vehicle accident	67	4.6%
3	I fell	236	16.2%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	117	8%
5	I was fighting with someone	59	4%
6	Attacked or assaulted	51	3.5%
7	Was in a fire	73	5%
8	Something else	174	11.9%
Sysmiss		536

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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