Description

For sample adults age 18 and over who ate cereal in the past month, CEREALMTYP2 reports the second type of cereal the person ate. Respondents were asked to name the type of cereal they usually ate and could name up to two kinds of cereal. After reporting the first kind of cereal, (CEREALMTYP1) the respondent was asked if they ate some other kind of cereal (CEREALSMYN), and what type is was (CERALMTYP2).

This variables is part of a series of variables initiated related to food and food knowledge as part of cancer supplements. For related variables, please use the IPUMS NHIS search function and drop-down menus.

Comparability

This variable is comparable over time except for the meaning of the "other" category. Beginning in the 2015 Cancer Module, only the ten most common types of cereal were offered as separate codes and all other types were grouped into "other" (code 326). In 2010, codes for more than 300 types of cereal were available, and the "other" code was reserved for cases in which the respondent did not specify a type of cereal.

Universe

Availability

• 2010, 2015

Weights

• 2010, 2015 : SAMPWEIGHT