Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-252

PANEL 27 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE:September 10, 2025

Variable Name:	RTHLTH2
Description:	PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS R2
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	769
End:	770

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-8 DK	13	501,364
-7 REFUSED	10	823,741
-1 INAPPLICABLE	158	7,410,589
1 EXCELLENT	2,123	92,683,267
2 VERY GOOD	2,604	110,223,669
3 GOOD	2,429	94,080,100
4 FAIR	767	26,410,702
5 POOR	188	6,463,889
TOTAL	8,292	338,597,320

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