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NATUSEYR
Used naturopathy, past 12 months
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Description

For sample adults and children in 2012 who had ever used naturopathy (NATEV) but had either not seen a practitioner for naturopathy in the past 12 months or had never seen a practitioner for naturopathy, NATUSEYR reports whether they used naturopathy in the past 12 months.

Naturopathy was one of many alternative health treatment modalities included in the Alternative Health Supplements.

Definitions 

The 2012 Field Representative's Manual defines naturopathy as:

Naturopathy is an alternative medical system. Naturopathic medicine proposes that there is a healing power in the body that establishes, maintains, and restores health. Practitioners work with the patient with a goal of supporting this power through treatments such as nutrition and lifestyle counseling, dietary supplements, medicinal plants, exercise, homeopathy, and treatments from traditional Chinese medicine.

Field representatives were advised to "feel free to offer [this definition] even if the respondent has not requested [it]."

Related Variables
Additional information about the use of naturopathy was collected for respondents who reported using naturopathy in the past 12 months, including variables on frequency and cost of use. Please use the IPUMS NHIS drop-down menus and search function to explore these variables.

Comparability

There are no comparability issues.

Universe

  • 2012: Sample adults age 18+ and sample children of ages 4-17 who have ever used naturopathy but have never seen a practitioner or have not seen one in the past 12 months.

Availability

  • 2012

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