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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-209
2018 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: November 2, 2021

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 237
End: 239

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
7
40,954
-8 DK
192
1,692,667
-7 REFUSED
35
189,170
1 NO DEGREE
3,921
33,099,479
2 GED
931
8,381,261
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
9,736
104,633,471
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
4,057
52,037,770
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
1,876
23,876,386
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
519
6,693,489
7 OTHER DEGREE
2,069
25,467,100
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
7,118
70,216,142
TOTAL
30,461
326,327,888


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