Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007

St. Vincent and Grenadines, 2007

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VCT_2007_GSHS_v01_M

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Ministry of Health and Environment

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Cause of injury past 12 mo. (Q17)

Data file: VCT2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1166

Invalid: 167

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 22

End: 22

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 5 questions ask about the most serious injury that happened to you during the past 12 months. 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 major cause of the most serious injury that happened to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not seriously injured	720	61.7%
2	Motor vehicle accident	28	2.4%
3	I fell	135	11.6%
4	Something fell on me or hit me	43	3.7%
5	I was fighting with someone	40	3.4%
6	Attacked or assaulted	15	1.3%
7	Was in a fire	14	1.2%
8	Something else	171	14.7%
Sysmiss		167

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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