FOKPORT
Portion of the cost of seeing traditional healer covered by insurance
Codes and Frequencies
Description
For sample adults and children in 2012 whose visits to a traditional healer in the past 12 months were (at least partly) covered by health insurance, FOKPORT reports whether all or just some of the cost of seeing a traditional healer was covered by health insurance.
Traditional healing was one of many alternative health treatment modalities included in the Alternative Health Supplements.
Related Variables
Additional information about the use of traditional healing was collected for respondents who reported using traditional healing 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.
Universe
- 2012: Sample adults age 18+ and sample children of ages 4-17 whose visit(s) to a traditional healer in the past 12 months were (at least partly) covered by health insurance.
Availability
- 2012
Weights
- 2012 : SUPP4WT
