Description

MOVTWEIGHT indicates whether the person had used a movement technique to treat weight problem. 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 movement techniques among their top three CAM therapies are recording as responding "no". For more information on the construction of this variable, please see TABDOM1.

MOVTWEIGHT may be interpreted in conjunction with MOVALEXYR, MOVFELDYR, MOVPILATYR, and MOVTRAGYR, which indicate the specific movement technique used by the survey participant.

Universe

Availability

• 2007, 2012

Weights

• 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT
• 2012 : SUPP4WT