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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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Bullied how (Q21)

Data file: JMH2017_GSHS

Overview

Valid: 1551
Invalid: 116
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 2 questions ask about bullying. Bullying occurs when a student or group of students say or do bad and unpleasant things to another student. It is also bullying when a student is teased a lot in an unpleasant way or when a student is left out of things on purpose. It is not bullying when two students of about the same strength or power argue or fight or when teasing is done in a friendly and fun way.
Literal question
During the past 30 days, how were you bullied most often?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Not bullied 1205
77.7%
2 Kicked, pushed, or shoved 30
1.9%
3 Made fun of race 38
2.5%
4 Made fun because of religion 20
1.3%
5 Made fun of about sex 51
3.3%
6 Left out of activities 17
1.1%
7 Made fun of about body 78
5%
8 Some other way 112
7.2%
Sysmiss 116
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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