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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 256
2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name: EDUCYR
Description: YEARS OF EDUC WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 244
End: 245

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
135
2,116,502
-7 REFUSED
33
516,022
-1 INAPPLICABLE
1,082
22,887,194
0 NO SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN ONLY
529
9,626,498
1-8 ELEMENTARY GRADES 1 - 8
2,421
41,596,744
9-11 HIGH SCHOOL GRADES 9 - 11
1,633
26,524,663
12 GRADE 12
4,527
79,612,041
13 1 YEAR COLLEGE
824
15,803,543
14 2 YEARS COLLEGE
1,938
35,821,041
15 3 YEARS COLLEGE
469
9,312,113
16 4 YEARS COLLEGE
3,101
55,101,767
17 5+ YEARS COLLEGE
2,448
40,879,502
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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