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Description

FOKUSMEDFAIL indicates whether sample adults had used folk medicine or had seen a traditional healer because "conventional medical treatments would not help you" (2002) or "because medical treatments did not help" (2007). In 2002, sample adults who had used folk medicine (FOKYR) to treat a specific health problem or condition during the past year (FOKTREAT) were asked their reasons for using folk medicine. In 2007, sample adults who had seen a traditional healer during the past 12 months (FOKBOTANYR, FOKCURANYR, FOKESPIRYR, FOKNAMYR, FOKSHAMYR, FOKSOBADYR, or FOKYERBYR) were asked their reasons for doing so.

Other reasons for using folk medicine (in 2002) or for seeing a traditional healer (in 2007) that were recorded by the survey, and the associated IHIS variables, are:

• FOKUSCOMBO (Helps combined w. conventional med)

• FOKUSENERGY (Enhanced energy)

• FOKUSWELL (General wellness)

• FOKUSHCREC (Health care provider recommended)

• FOKUSMEDCOST (Medical treatment expensive)

• FOKUSINTER (Interesting to try)

• FOKUSIMMUN (Improved immune function)

• FOKUSRELREC (Family or friends recommended)

For information about the full range of variables related to the use of folk medicine or traditional healers, including definitions, see FOKYR.

Comparability

Apart from the change in universe and the slight difference in question wording noted above, FOKUSMEDFAIL is comparable between 2002 and 2007.

Universe

Availability

• 2002, 2007

Weights

• 2002, 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT