IPUMS NHIS: descr: VIT1PCOLD
VIT1PCOLD
Took 1st vitamin supplement to prevent head or chest cold
For sample adults in 2007 who had taken one or more vitamin supplements during the past 30 days (VITMO) and had taken the first vitamin supplement to prevent (but not to treat) a specific health problem or condition (VIT1PREV), VIT1PCOLD indicates whether the person had used a vitamin supplement to prevent a head or chest cold.
Head or chest cold was one of 87 possible specific conditions that respondents could report preventing with vitamin supplements.
VIT1MOST reports the specific first vitamin supplement (out of 20 possible vitamins) that was taken most often by the respondent. Analysts interested in the prevention of a head or chest cold by other vitamin or herbal supplements should see the related variables VIT2PCOLD, HER1PCOLD, and HER2PCOLD. The corresponding variables VIT2MOST, HER1MOST, and HER2MOST indicate which vitamin or herbal supplement was taken.
Sample adults and sample children were also asked about their use of vitamin supplements to treat (rather than to prevent) health problems or conditions (VIT1TREAT and VIT2TREAT). Researchers interested in the use of vitamin supplements to treat a head or chest cold should see VIT1TCOLD and VIT2TCOLD. For more information on the full range of variables related to the use of vitamin supplements, see VITMO.
VIT1PCOLD is only available for 2007.