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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 251
2023 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 12, 2025

Variable Name: FLSTAT23
Description: PERSON'S FILING STATUS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1291
End: 1292

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
193
3,309,597
-7 REFUSED
23
379,389
-1 INAPPLICABLE
9,983
176,464,304
1 SINGLE
4,255
75,588,110
2 MARRIED FILING JOINT RETURN
3,353
59,776,681
3 MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY
295
5,087,535
4 HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD W/QUALIFYING PERSON
783
13,485,421
5 QUALIFYING WIDOWER W/ DEPENDENT
34
439,236
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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