Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC 256

2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name:	FSSKIP42
Description:	DID YOU EVER SKIP MEALS
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	1286
End:	1287

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	3	64,785
-1 INAPPLICABLE	15,557	280,331,636
1 YES	1,397	23,043,343
2 NO	2,183	36,357,865
TOTAL	19,140	339,797,630

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