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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-228
2021 FULL YEAR POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS CODEBOOK
DATE: February 24, 2023

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 231
End: 233

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
1
11,350
-8 DK
144
1,363,928
-7 REFUSED
26
205,039
1 NO DEGREE
3,379
31,011,920
2 GED
886
9,430,989
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
8,892
103,058,201
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
4,458
53,642,222
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
2,235
25,778,391
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
580
6,697,172
7 OTHER DEGREE
2,134
26,491,641
8 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
5,601
73,558,539
TOTAL
28,336
331,249,393


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