Description
For sample adults who had used a relaxation technique during the past 12 months (RELBRETHYR, RELGIMYR, RELMEDYR, RELRELAXYR, RELSTRESYR, or RELSUPYR), RELUSCOPE indicates whether they had used a relaxation technique "to cope with having an illness."
Other reasons for using relaxation techniques that were recorded by the survey, and the associated IPUMS NHIS variables, are:
For information about the full range of variables related to relaxation techniques, including definitions, see RELMEDYR.
