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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: HRHOW53
Description: HOW HOURLY WAGE WAS CALCULATED RD 5/3
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1599
End: 1601

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
136
2,357,247
-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND
7,659
149,827,615
-1 INAPPLICABLE
10,543
172,328,070
1 IMPUTED USING RANGE ESTIMATE
71
1,423,210
2 IMPUTED WITHOUT RANGE ESTIMATE
82
1,478,119
3 NO CALCULATION: HOURLY WAGE PROVIDED
516
9,868,030
4 CALCULATED FROM SALARY
108
2,016,851
5 CALCULATED FROM PAID BY DAY
5
125,703
6 CALCULATED FROM PIECEWORK/JOB/MILE
15
285,620
7 CALCULATED FROM COMMISSIONS
5
87,164
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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