Description
For sample adults who had participated in weight lifting in the past 2 weeks (EXLIFT), EXLIFTMIN reports the average number of minutes respondents had spent weight lifting each time they had engaged in that activity over the past 2 weeks.
After determining that a respondent participated in weight lifting, respondents were first asked, "How many times in the past 2 weeks did you weight lift?" (EXLIFTNO). They were then asked, "On the average, about how many minutes did you spend weight lifting each time?" EXLIFTMIN 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 weight lifting (EXLIFTBR).
EXLIFTMIN 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 age 18-64 who lifted weights in the past 2 weeks.
- 1991; 1998: Sample adults age 18+ who lifted weights in the past 2 weeks.
- 1995: Half of sample persons age 18+ (excluded from AIDS supplement) who lifted weights in the past 2 weeks.
Codes
This is a 3-digit numeric variable.
Availability
- 1985, 1990-1991, 1995, 1998
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Weights
- 1985, 1990-1991, 1998 : SAMPWEIGHT
- 1995 : SUPP2WT
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