Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
Code | Label |
07
|
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0 | NIU | X |
1 | Not mentioned | X |
2 | Mentioned | · |
7 | Unknown-refused | · |
8 | Unknown-not ascertained | · |
9 | Unknown-don't know | X |
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Description
For sample sample children in 2007 who had taken herbal supplements during the past 30 days (HERMO) and who had taken herbal supplements to improve athletic or sports performance in the past 30 days (HERSPMO), HERSPCARN indicates whether the child had taken carnitine to improve athletic or sports performance.
Persons responding for sample children were shown a flash card containing a list of herbs and were asked, "During the past 30 days, has [sample child's name] taken any natural herbs listed on this card to improve athletic or sports performance?" Respondents who answered affirmatively (i.e., a "Yes" response in HERSPMO) were asked, "Which herbs did [sample child's name] take to improve athletic or sports performance?" Interviewers were told to "enter all that apply."
Related Variables
Carnitine was one of 45 possible specific herbs that respondents could report sample children had used to improve sports performance in the past month.
[show more]The other such herbs are:
- Androstenedione (HERSPAND)
- Prebiotics or probiotics (HERSPBIOT)
- Chasteberry (HERSPCHAS)
- Chondroitin (HERSPCHON)
- Conjugated Linolenic Acid (CLA) (HERSPCLA)
- Coenzyme Q-10 (HERSPCOEN)
- Black cohosh (HERSPCOH)
- Comfrey (HERSPCOMF)
- Cranberry (pills, gelcaps) (HERSPCRA)
- Creatine (HERSPCREA)
- DHEA (HERSPDHEA)
- Echinacea (HERSPECH)
- EGCG (pills) (HERSPEGCG)
- Ephedra (HERSPEPH)
- Evening primrose (HERSPEVE)
- Feverfew (HERSPFEV)
- Fiber or psyllium (pills or powder) (HERSPFIB)
- Fish oil, Omega 3, or DHA (HERSPFISH)
- Flaxseed oil or pills (HERSPFLAX)
- Garlic supplements (pills, gelcaps) (HERSPGAR)
- Ginseng (HERSPGIA)
- Ginger pills or gelcaps (HERSPGIG)
- Ginkgo biloba (HERSPGIK)
- Glucosamine (HERSPGLUC)
- Goldenseal (HERSPGOLD)
- Grape seed extract (HERSPGRA)
- Green tea pills (not brewed tea) (HERSPGTEA)
- Guarana (HERSPGUAR)
- Hawthorn (HERSPHAW)
- Horny goat weed (HERSPHORN)
- St. John's wort (HERSPJOH)
- Kava kava (HERSPKAV)
- Lecithin (HERSPLEC)
- Lutein (HERSPLUT)
- Lycopene (HERSPLYCO)
- Melatonin (HERSPMEL)
- Milk thistle (HERSPMIL)
- MSM (HERSPMSM)
- SAM-e (HERSPSAM)
- Saw palmetto (HERSPSAW)
- Senna (HERSPSEN)
- Soy supplement or isoflavones (HERSPSOY)
- Valerian (HERSPVAL)
- Combination herb pill (HERSPCOMBO)
Sample adults were also asked whether they had taken herbal supplements for improved sports performance (HER1SPORT and HER2SPORT), but, unlike sample children, they were not asked which particular herbs were taken for that purpose. Nevertheless, HER1MOST and HER2MOST indicate which herbs sample adults (and sample children) took most often. Thus, researchers interested in the use of herbal supplements for improved sports performance may wish to consult these variables as they pertain to sample adults, bearing in mind that the herbal supplements taken most often are not necessarily the ones taken for improved sports performance.
Universe
- 2007: Sample children under 18 who have taken herbal supplements to improve athletic or sports performance in the past 30 days.
Availability
- 2007
Survey Text
2007 |
Question Text:
Which herbs did [fill: S.C. name] take to improve athletic or sports performance?
*Enter all that apply, separate with commas.
02 Androstenedione
03 Black cohosh
04 Carnitine
05 Chasteberry
06 Chondroitin
07 Coenzyme Q-10
08 Comfrey
09 Conjugated Linolenic Acid (CAL)
10 Cranberry (pills, gelcaps)
11 Creatine
12 DHEA
13 Echinacea
14 Ephedra
15 Evening primrose
16 Feverfew
17 Fiber or Psyllium (pills or powder)
18 Fish oil or omega 3 or DHA fatty acid supplements
19 Flaxseed oil or pills
20 Garlic supplements (pills, gelcaps)
21 Ginger pills or gelcaps
22 Ginkgo biloba
23 Ginseng
24 Glucosamine
25 Goldenseal
26 Guarana
27 Grape seed extract
28 Green tea pills (not brewed tea)
29 EGCG (pills)
30 Hawthorn
31 Horny goat weed
32 Kava kava
33 Lecithin
34 Lutein
35 Lycopene
36 Melatonin
37 MSM (Methylsulfonylmethane)
38 Milk thistle
39 Prebiotics or Probiotics
40 SAM-e
41 Saw palmetto
42 Senna
43 Soy supplements or soy isoflavones
44 St. John wort
45 Valerian
97 Refused
99 Don't know
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Weights
- 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT