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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