Codes and Frequencies
Description
EHTTOTH2 indicates whether the person used energy healing therapy to treat any health problems that were not mentioned in the survey. Please see the Comparability and Universe tabs for more information on how this variable was constructed.
This variable recorded the second other health problems that were not listed in the survey. For the first other problem, please see EHTTOTH1.
For a complete list of conditions that persons could report treating using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies, please see TCONMOST1 or use the IPUMS NHIS search function and drop down menus.
Comparability
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 energy healing therapy among their top three CAM therapies are recording as responding "no" to EHTTOTH2. For more information on the construction of this variable, please see TABDOM1. There are no comparability issues.
Universe
- 2002 2007: Sample adults age 18+ who have seen a practitioner for energy healing therapy during the past 12 months and have used energy healing therapy for a specific health problem or condition.
- 2012: Sample adults age 18+ 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
