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:	FTSTU31X
Description:	STUDENT STATUS IF AGES 17-23 - R3/1
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	248
End:	249

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	6	124,212
-7 REFUSED	7	196,827
-1 INAPPLICABLE	17,899	309,408,296
1 FULL-TIME STUDENT	615	15,419,865
2 PART-TIME STUDENT	86	2,100,230
3 NOT A STUDENT	527	12,548,199
TOTAL	19,140	339,797,630

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