Codes and Frequencies
Description
For sample adults in 2002 who had used massage for their own health during the past 12 months (MASYR) and had used massage to treat at least one specific health problem or condition (MASTREAT), MASCON3HELP reports the degree of help that the respondent received from using massage to treat the third of the three conditions considered most bothersome (MASCON3).
The 2002 NHIS recognized 74 conditions (including an "other" category) that respondents could have treated with massage. (See MASTREAT for the full list.) To obtain responses to MASCON1, MASCON2, and MASCON3, the interviewer first asked, "For what health problems or conditions did you use massage?" After recording all answers, the interviewer displayed the list of conditions reported by the respondent and asked, "Which three of these are the most bothersome?"
Respondents were then asked, "How much do you think massage helped your (display for each condition)? Would you say a great deal, some, only a little, or not at all?" Responses to this question are reported in MASCON1HELP, MASCON2HELP, and MASCON3HELP.
Related Variables
Variables similar to MASCON3HELP, which report the degree of help provided by other modalities of alternative medicine for the third of the three most bothersome conditions, include:
- Acupuncture (ACUCON3HELP)
- Ayurveda (AYUCON3HELP)
- Biofeedback (BIOCON3HELP)
- Chelation (CHECON3HELP)
- Chiropractic care (COMCON3HELP)
- Special diet (DITCON3HELP)
- Energy healing therapy (EHTCON3HELP)
- Folk medicine (FOKCON3HELP)
- Natural herbs (HERYCON3HELP)
- Homeopathic treatment (HOMCON3HELP)
- Naturopathy (NATCON3HELP)
- Healing ritual/sacrament (PRACON3HELP)
- Relaxation techniques (RELCON3HELP)
- High dose or megavitamin therapy (VITYCON3HELP)
- Yoga, Tai chi, or Qi gong (YTQCON3HELP)
For more information on the full range of variables related to massage, see MASYR.
Universe
- 2002: Sample adults age 18+ who have seen a practitioner for massage during the past 12 months and have used massage for a specific health problem or condition, and the health problem or condition specified was listed third as one of the three most bothersome health problems or conditions.
Availability
- 2002
Weights
- 2002 : SAMPWEIGHT
