Description
For sample adults who had participated in walking in the past 2 weeks (EXWALK), EXWALKMIN reports the average number of minutes respondents had spent walking each time they had engaged in that activity over the past 2 weeks.
After determining that a respondent participated in walking, respondents were first asked, "How many times in the past 2 weeks did you go walking?" (EXWALKNO). They were then asked, "On the average, about how many minutes did you spend walking each time?" EXWALKMIN 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 walking(EXWALKBR).
EXWALKMIN 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; 1990-1991: Sample persons age 18+ who walked for exercise in the past 2 weeks.
- 1995: Half of sample persons age 18+ (excluded from AIDS supplement) who walked for exercise in the past 2 weeks.
- 1998: Sample adults age 18+ who walked for exercise 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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