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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC048
File Type  Longitudinal Weight
Title  HC-048: MEPS Panel 3 Longitudinal Weight File
Description  This file is a two-year longitudinal file derived from the respondents to the MEPS Panel 3 1998 sample. The persons on this data set represent those who were in the MEPS population for all or part of the 1998 - 1999 period. The file contains a weight variable (LONGWTP3) that, when applied to the persons who participated in both 1998 and 1999, 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, LONGWTP3 can be used to develop cross-sectional type estimates for the civilian noninstitutionalized population in each year based on only the panel 3 sample. To obtain analytic variables, the records on this file need to be linked to the 1998 and 1999 MEPS public use data sets by the sample person identifier.
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  10122
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-048


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Name Position Label Category
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT Identifiers
DUPERSID 16 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
LONGWTP3 48 LONGITUDINAL WEIGHT - PANEL 3 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSUP3 32 LONGITUDINAL PSU - PANEL 3 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTRP3 40 LONGITUDINAL STRATUM - PANEL 3 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
YRINDP3 24 YEAR INDICATOR - PANEL 3 Survey Administration and Eligibility Status

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