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MEPS HC-080: MEPS Panel 7 (2002 - 2003) Longitudinal Weight File
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Release date: December 2005

This file is a two-year longitudinal file derived from the respondents to the MEPS Panel 7 2002 sample. The persons on this data set represent those who were in the MEPS population for all or part of the 2002-2003 period. The file contains a weight variable (LONGWTP7) that, when applied to the persons who participated in both 2002 and 2003, will enable the user to make national estimates of person-level changes in selected variables (e.g., health insurance, health status, utilization and expenditures). In addition, LONGWTP7 can be used to develop cross-sectional type estimates for the civilian noninstitutionalized population in each year based on only the Panel 7 sample. To obtain analytic variables, the records on this file must be linked to the 2002 and 2003 MEPS public use data files using the sample person identifier (DUPERSID).

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Documentation
File type
Documentation PDF (438 KB) / HTML
Codebook PDF (44 KB) / HTML*
SAS Programming Statements TXT (12 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements TXT (3.2 KB)

Data
File type**
Data File, ASCII format ZIP (217 KB) / EXE (285 KB)
Data File, SAS transport format ZIP (291 KB) / EXE (359 KB)


Questionnaires — see Survey Questionnaires
*The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable.
**Right-click on the data file link, then select Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file.

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