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: ZWCH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1293

Invalid: 571

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	397	30.7%
2	Motor vehicle accident	114	8.8%
3	I fell	261	20.2%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	124	9.6%
5	I was fighting with someone	81	6.3%
6	Attacked or assaulted	87	6.7%
7	Was in a fire	63	4.9%
8	Something else	166	12.8%
Sysmiss		571

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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