Description

For sample adults who had a healing ritual or sacrament performed for their own health and to treat a specific health problem during the past 12 months (PRARITYR, PRATREAT), PRAUSCOMBO indicates whether they had the healing ritual or sacrament performed because "a healing ritual or sacrament combined with conventional medical treatments would help you."

Other reasons for having a healing ritual or sacrament performed that were recorded by the survey, and the associated IPUMS NHIS variables, are:

• PRAUSHCREC (Health care provider recommended)

• PRAUSMEDCOST (Medical treatments expensive)

• PRAUSMEDFAIL (Medical treatment not help)

• PRAUSINTER (Interesting to try)

For information about the full range of variables related to healing rituals and sacraments, including definitions, see PRARITYR.

Comparability

PRAUSCOMBO is only available in 2002.

Universe

Availability

• 2002

Weights

• 2002 : SAMPWEIGHT