Codes and Frequencies
Description
For sample adults age 18+ in 2007 who had seen a practitioner for movement technique in the past 12 months (MOVALEXYR, MOVFELDYR, MOVPILATYR, MOVTRAGYR) and had used movement technique to treat a specific health problem or condition (MOVTREAT), MOVTBLOOD indicates whether the person had used movement technique to treat anemia and blood disorders (adults).
Related Variables
Anemia and blood disorders (adults), was one condition that sample adults (but not sample children) could report treating with movement technique.
The other such conditions are:
- excessive use of alcohol or tobacco (MOVTALCTOB, 2007 only)
- angina (MOVTANGINA)
- back pain or problem (MOVTBACPAIN)
- bipolar disorder (MOVTBIPOL, 2007 only)
- birth defect (MOVTBIRTHD)
- chronic bronchitis (MOVTCBRON)
- cholesterol (MOVTCHOL)
- coronary heart disease (MOVTCORON)
- other nerve damage, including carpal tunnel syndrome (MOVTCTS)
- benign tumors or cysts (MOVTCYST)
- dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease (MOVTDEMENT, 2007 only)
- dental pain (MOVTDENPAIN)
- emphysema (MOVTEMPH)
- excessive sleepiness during the day (MOVTESLEEPY)
- fibromyalgia (MOVTFIBRO, 2007 only)
- fracture, bone or joint injury (MOVTFRACT)
- gout (MOVTGOUT, 2007 only)
- gynecologic problem (MOVTGYN)
- heart attack (MOVTHATT)
- hernia (MOVTHERN)
- hypertension (MOVTHYPER)
- inflammatory bowel disease (MOVTINFB, 2007 only)
- stomach or intestinal illness (MOVTINTEST)
- irritable bowel (MOVTIRRB, 2007 only)
- jaw pain (MOVTJAWPAIN)
- joint pain or stiffness/other joint condition (MOVTJNTPAIN)
- weak or failing kidneys (MOVTKIDNEY)
- poor circulation in legs (MOVTLCIRC)
- liver problem (MOVTLIVER)
- lupus (MOVTLUPUS, 2007 only)
- mania or psychosis (MOVTMANIA, 2007 only)
- memory loss or loss of other cognitive function (MOVTMEMLOS, 2007 only)
- menopause (MOVTMENOP)
- missing limbs (fingers, toes or digits), amputee (MOVTMLIMB)
- neck pain or problem (MOVTNECPAIN)
- neurology problems (MOVTNEUROL)
- circulation problems (other than in the legs) (MOVTNLCIRC)
- other allergies--adults (MOVTOALLA, 2007 only)
- other heart condition or disease (MOVTOHART)
- other infectious diseases (MOVTOINF, 2007 only)
- other injury (MOVTOINJ)
- knee problems (not arthritis, not joint injury) (MOVTOKNEE)
- osteoporosis, tendinitis (MOVTOSTEO)
- polio (myelitis), paralysis, para/quadriplegia (MOVTPOLIO)
- prostate trouble or impotence (MOVTPROST)
- Rheumatoid arthritis (MOVTRHEUM, 2007 only)
- schizophrenia (MOVTSCHIZ, 2007 only)
- senility (MOVTSENILE)
- skin problems--adults (MOVTSKINA)
- sprain or strain (MOVTSPRAIN)
- stress (MOVTSTRESS, 2007 only)
- stroke (MOVTSTROKE)
- substance abuse, other than alcohol or tobacco (MOVTSUBST, 2007 only)
- ulcer (MOVTULCER)
- varicose veins, hemorrhoids (MOVTVEIN)
Additionally, there are 31 other conditions that both sample adults and sample children could report treating with movement technique. For the full list of conditions, see MOVTREAT.
Movement technique is one of the modalities of alternative medicine that were included in Alternative Health Supplements. Analysts interested in the treatment of anemia and blood disorders (adults) by other alternative therapies should use the IPUMS NHIS drop-down menus for a full list of alternative medicine treatments and a summary of other movement technique-related questions, as well as definitions.
Universe
- 2007: Sample adults age 18+ who have seen a practitioner for movement technique during the past 12 months and have used movement technique for a specific health problem or condition.
Availability
- 2007
Weights
- 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT