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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: REFRL24X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS-12/31/24 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 270
End: 271

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
6
99,205
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
9,164
148,604,944
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
3,534
62,202,955
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
416
6,972,689
4 CHILD BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
4,867
102,525,040
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
46
840,724
6 GRANDCHILD
377
6,649,881
7 PARENT BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
213
3,522,070
8 SIBLING BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
159
2,537,981
9 GRANDPARENT
16
165,853
10 AUNT/UNCLE
11
204,264
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
92
1,415,509
91 OTHER RELATED
239
4,056,514
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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