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Description

MASUSMEDFAIL indicates whether sample adults had used massage because "conventional medical treatments would not help you" (2002) or "because medical treatments did not help" (2007). Only sample adults who had seen a practitioner for massage during the past 12 months (MASYR) and, in 2002, had used massage for a specific health problem or condition (MASTREAT) were asked their reasons for using massage.

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

• MASUSCOMBO (Helps combined w. conventional med)

• MASUSENERGY (Enhanced energy)

• MASUSWELL (General wellness)

• MASUSHCREC (Health care provider recommended)

• MASUSMEDCOST (Medical treatment expensive)

• MASUSINTER (Interesting to try)

• MASUSIMMUN (Improved immune function)

• MASUSRELREC (Family or friends recommended)

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

Comparability

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

Universe

Availability

• 2002, 2007

Weights

• 2002, 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT