IPUMS NHIS: descr: HER1MOST

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NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY

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HER1MOST

1st herbal supplement taken most

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Code	Label	07
00	NIU	X
01	First combination herb pill	X
02	Androstenedione	X
03	Black cohosh	X
04	Carnitine	X
05	Chasteberry	X
06	Condroitin	X
07	Coenzyme Q-10	X
08	Comfrey	X
09	Conjugated Linolenic Acid	X
10	Cranberry (pills, gelcaps)	X
11	Creatine	X
12	DHEA	X
13	Echinacea	X
14	Ephedra	X
15	Evening primrose	X
16	Feverfew	X
17	Fiber or Psyllium	X
18	Fish oil or omega 3	X
19	Flaxseed Oil or Pills	X
20	Garlic supplements	X
21	Ginger pills or gelcaps	X
22	Ginko biloba	X
23	Ginsent	X
24	Glucosamine	X
Code	Label	07
25	Goldenseal	X
26	Guarana	X
27	Grape Seed Extract	X
28	Green tea pills	X
29	EGCG	·
30	Hawthorn	X
31	Horny Goat Weed	·
32	Kava Kava	X
33	Lecithin	X
34	Lutein	X
35	Lycopene	X
36	Melatonin	X
37	MSM	X
38	Milk thistle	X
39	Prebiotics or Probiotics	X
40	SAM-e	X
41	Saw palmetto	X
42	Senna	X
43	Soy supplements	X
44	St. John's wort	X
45	Valerian	X
46	Second combination pill	X
47	Acai (pills, gelcaps)	·
48	Bee pollen and other bee products	·
49	Digestive enzymes (lactaid)	·
Code	Label	07
50	First herb from lookup table or other specify lookup	·
51	Second herb from lookup table or other specify lookup	·
97	Unknown-refused	X
98	Unknown-not ascertained	X
99	Unknown-don't know	X

Description

For sample adults and sample children in 2007 who had taken one or more herbal supplements during the past 30 days (HERMOSUPNO), HER1MOST reports the first of two herbal supplements that the respondent had taken most often.

Sample adults and respondents for sample children were shown the same list of 45 herbs and asked, "Which two of these herbal supplements did [you/(sample child's name)] take the most in the past 30 days?" Interviewers were given the instruction, "If respondent cannot choose two herbs used most often, probe for the two most important for health." See HERMOAND for the full list of herbal supplements shown to sample adults and respondents for sample children.

Related Variables[show more]

The herb identified in HER1MOST is used to fill in question wording on many subsequent survey items. For example, HER1USWELL asks, "Did you use [fill: 1st herb] for any of these reasons? ... For general health or wellness?"

For sample persons who had taken two or more herbal supplements in the past 30 days, parallel information was recorded on the second of the two herbal supplements that the respondent had taken most often. (See HER2MOST.)

For more information on the full range of variables related to herbal supplements, including definitions, see HERMO.

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