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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: REFRL53X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R5/3 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 268
End: 269

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
1
27,655
-1 INAPPLICABLE
148
2,565,934
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
9,006
147,089,712
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
3,433
60,542,757
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
405
6,636,136
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
4,847
100,108,318
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
56
851,733
6 GRANDCHILD
329
5,556,247
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
214
3,139,032
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
161
2,639,785
9 GRANDPARENT
12
220,515
10 AUNT/UNCLE
12
156,447
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
65
1,086,993
91 OTHER RELATED
230
3,909,008
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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