Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-252

PANEL 27 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE:September 10, 2025

Variable Name:	RTHLTH5
Description:	PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS R5
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	775
End:	776

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-7 REFUSED	6	392,752
-1 INAPPLICABLE	201	7,404,881
1 EXCELLENT	1,983	89,584,392
2 VERY GOOD	2,756	116,709,666
3 GOOD	2,365	90,822,466
4 FAIR	791	27,054,567
5 POOR	190	6,628,596
TOTAL	8,292	338,597,320

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