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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-257
PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name: DECIDE2
Description: PROV ASKS PERS TO HELP DECIDE-R2
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2247
End: 2248

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
451
16,648,619
-7 REFUSED
6
346,610
-1 INAPPLICABLE
2,506
103,635,673
1 NEVER
484
17,154,341
2 SOMETIMES
806
29,641,276
3 USUALLY
1,113
43,020,850
4 ALWAYS
3,506
133,084,341
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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