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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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q19)

Data file: ZWCH2003_public_use

Overview

Valid: 1277

Invalid: 587

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 most serious injury that happened to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not seriously injured	396	31%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	309	24.2%
3	Cut, puncture, stab wound	193	15.1%
4	Concussion/head injury	110	8.6%
5	I had a gunshot wound	35	2.7%
6	I had a bad burn	54	4.2%
7	Lost foot, leg, hand, or arm	49	3.8%
8	Something else happened to me	131	10.3%
Sysmiss		587

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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