Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2011

Kuwait, 2011

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KWT_2011_GSHS_v01_M

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Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q18)

Data file: KWT2011_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2377

Invalid: 295

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, what was the most serious injury that happened to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not seriously injured	1558	65.5%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	197	8.3%
3	I had a cut or stab wound	174	7.3%
4	Concussion/head injury	63	2.7%
5	I had a gunshot wound	31	1.3%
6	I had a bad burn	20	0.8%
7	I was poisoned	36	1.5%
8	Something else happened to me	298	12.5%
Sysmiss		295

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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