Codes and Frequencies
Description
ACUTWEIGHT indicates whether the person used acupuncture therapy to treat problems with being overweight. Please see the Comparability and Universe tabs for more information on how this variable was constructed.
Comparability
In 2002, only sample adults were included in the universe for this question. However, beginning in 2007 both sample adults and sample children ages 4-17 could report using a CAM therapy to treat problems with being overweight.
Prior to 2012, in universe persons were asked about a series of specific health problems, symptoms, or conditions they may have treated with different complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. Beginning in 2012, persons were instead asked to select three of sixteen therapies that were most important and only asked the series of questions related to treating health problems, symptoms, or conditions about these top three therapies. Respondents were only asked follow-up questions about the CAM therapies that they included among their top three CAM therapies. Persons who did not include acupuncture therapy among their top three CAM therapies are recording as responding "no" to ACUTWEIGHT. For more information on the construction of this variable, please see TABDOM1.
Universe
- 2002: Sample adults age 18+ who have seen a practitioner for acupuncture during the past 12 months and have used acupuncture for a specific health problem or condition.
- 2007: Sample adults age 18+ and sample children under 18 who have seen a practitioner for acupuncture during the past 12 months and have used acupuncture for a specific health problem or condition.
- 2012: Sample adults age 18+ and sample children ages 4-17 who have reported having at least one top CAM therapy and using this therapy to treat a specific health problem or condition.
Availability
- 2002, 2007, 2012
Weights
- 2002, 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT
- 2012 : SUPP4WT
