Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC 251

2023 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 12, 2025

Variable Name:	EVERSERVED
Description:	HAS SERVED IN THE MILITARY
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	262
End:	263

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	10	99,604
-7 REFUSED	16	216,766
1 YES - SERVED IN MILITARY	1,127	17,768,561
2 NO - DID NOT SERVE IN MILITARY	14,376	249,484,995
3 16 OR YOUNGER - INAPPLICABLE	3,390	66,960,348
TOTAL	18,919	334,530,273

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