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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: REFRL31X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R3/1 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 264
End: 265

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
1
27,655
-1 INAPPLICABLE
294
2,815,351
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
8,910
144,669,559
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
3,427
60,858,669
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
435
7,565,741
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
4,761
99,652,299
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
56
967,362
6 GRANDCHILD
331
5,834,402
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
218
3,324,427
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
165
2,844,200
9 GRANDPARENT
13
241,512
10 AUNT/UNCLE
9
142,945
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
63
1,153,888
91 OTHER RELATED
236
4,432,263
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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