Description
For sample adults who had participated in dancing in the past 2 weeks (EXDANCE), EXDANCEMIN reports the average number of minutes respondents had spent dancing each time they had engaged in that activity over the past 2 weeks.
After determining that a respondent participated in dancing, respondents were first asked, "How many times in the past 2 weeks did you go dancing?" (EXDANCENO). They were then asked, "On the average, about how many minutes did you spend dancing each time?" EXDANCEMIN reports the answer to this last question.
Related Variables
As a follow-up, respondents were asked how much their heart rate or breathing had increased while dancing (EXDANCEBR).
EXDANCEMIN is used as one of the input variables in the IHIS-created variable EXSUM1, which is a summary variable that reports whether a respondent would have met the exercise recommendations set forth in the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
Universe
- 1985; 1990: Sample persons aged 18-74 who danced in the past 2 weeks.
Codes
This is a 3-digit numeric variable.
Availability
- 1985, 1990
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Weights
- 1985, 1990 : SAMPWEIGHT
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