Description

For sample adults in 2002 who had used folk medicine for their own health during the past 12 months (FOKYR) and had used folk medicine to treat at least one specific health problem or condition (FOKTREAT), FOKCON1 reports the first of the three most bothersome conditions treated with folk medicine.

The 2002 NHIS recognized 74 conditions (including an "other" category) that respondents could have treated with folk medicine. (See FOKTREAT for the full list.) To obtain responses to FOKCON1, the interviewer first asked, "For what health problems or conditions did you use folk medicine?" 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?" These three conditions are reported in FOKCON1, FOKCON2, and FOKCON3.

Respondents were also asked how much folk medicine had helped the three conditions reported to be most bothersome. The following variables report the degree of help from folk medicine for each of the three most bothersome conditions: FOKCON1HELP, FOKCON2HELP, and FOKCON3HELP.

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Comparability

FOKCON1 is only available for 2002.

Universe

Availability

• 2002

Weights

• 2002 : SAMPWEIGHT