Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2016

Sri Lanka, 2016

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LKA_2016_GSHS_v01_M

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Epidemiology Unit, Colombo

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Seriously injured (Q17)

Data file: 2016LKA

Overview

Valid: 3025

Invalid: 237

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	1981	65.5%
2	1 time	564	18.6%
3	2 or 3 times	309	10.2%
4	4 or 5 times	84	2.8%
5	6 or 7 times	38	1.3%
6	8 or 9 times	17	0.6%
7	10 or 11 times	9	0.3%
8	12 or more times	23	0.8%
Sysmiss		237

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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