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Description

For sample adults who had seen a practitioner for massage during the past 12 months (MASYR), MASUSENERGY indicates whether they had used massage "to improve or enhance energy."

Other reasons for using massage that were recorded by the survey, and the associated IHIS variables, are:

• MASUSHCREC (Health care provider recommended)

• MASUSIMMUN (Improved immune function)

• MASUSINTER (Interesting to try)

• MASUSMEDCOST (Medical treatments expensive)

• MASUSMEDFAIL (Medical treatment not help)

• MASUSCOMBO (Helps combined w. conventional med)

• MASUSRELREC (Friends or family recommended)

• MASUSWELL (General wellness)

For information about the full range of variables related to massage, including definitions, see MASYR.

Comparability

MASUSENERGY is only available in 2007.

Universe

Availability

• 2007

Weights

• 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT