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Description

For sample adults who had seen a practitioner for massage during the past 12 months (MASYR), MASUSWELL indicates whether they had used massage "for general wellness or general disease prevention."

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

• MASUSHCREC (Health care provider recommended)

• MASUSENERGY (Enhanced energy)

• MASUSINTER (Interesting to try)

• MASUSMEDCOST (Medical treatments expensive)

• MASUSMEDFAIL (Medical treatment not help)

• MASUSCOMBO (Helps combined w. conventional med)

• 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

MASUSWELL is only available in 2007.

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Availability

• 2007

Weights

• 2007 : SAMPWEIGHT