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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2005

Variable Details

Variableyuse1
LabelQ8g Reasons for using complemetry therapies for hlth prob?
Question text Some people try complementary therapies for health problems because traditional medical help, for example from their GP, has not been very useful. Other people use complementary medicines without ever trying traditional medicine and other people use both traditional and complementary medicine at the same time. Which of these statements best applies to you? I am/was using this therapy because traditional medical help has not been/was not very useful; I am/was using this therapy without ever trying for help from traditional medicine; I am/was using both this therapy and traditional medicine at the same time.
Responses
1 I used this therapy because traditional medical help has not 32
2 I used this therapy without ever trying for help from tradit 10
3 I used both this therapy and traditional medicine at the sam 44
4 Other (please specify) 0
8 Don t know 0
-2 Skip from REAS1 42
-1 Skip from COMTH1 1072
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2005
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD.
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2005.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study
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