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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2017

Jamaica, 2017
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JAM_2017_GSHS_v01_M
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National Council on Drug Abuse
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Seriously injured (Q17)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1458
Invalid: 209
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
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, how many times were you seriously injured?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 0 times 873
59.9%
2 1 time 280
19.2%
3 2 or 3 times 197
13.5%
4 4 or 5 times 45
3.1%
5 6 or 7 times 20
1.4%
6 8 or 9 times 9
0.6%
7 10 or 11 times 6
0.4%
8 12 or more times 28
1.9%
Sysmiss 209
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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