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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: DIFFWG3
Description: WAGE CHANGE REPORTED THIS R3 AT CMJ
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2378
End: 2380

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
98
4,211,431
-8 DK
77
3,016,224
-7 REFUSED
6
203,064
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,750
212,111,926
1 YES (WAGE AMOUNT CHANGED)
884
37,290,704
2 NO (WAGE AMOUNT DID NOT CHANGE)
2,057
86,698,361
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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