Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC 254B CODEBOOK

2024 DENTAL VISITS

DATE: April 10, 2026

Variable Name:	GENDENT_M18
Description:	GENERAL DENTIST SEEN
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	60
End:	61

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	122	1,841,437
-7 REFUSED	9	156,780
1 YES	13,803	230,912,400
2 NO	6,995	128,381,433
TOTAL	20,929	361,292,050

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