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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
1
12,056
-7 REFUSED
7
114,747
-1 INAPPLICABLE
341
2,446,182
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
9,044
146,133,908
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
3,464
61,262,128
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
430
7,929,752
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
4,761
101,614,519
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
53
1,076,513
6 GRANDCHILD
366
6,955,740
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
188
3,370,689
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
145
2,502,199
9 GRANDPARENT
12
190,187
10 AUNT/UNCLE
9
178,330
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
83
1,461,963
91 OTHER RELATED
236
4,548,717
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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