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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: FSOUT4
Description: HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU RUN OUT OF FOOD R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1952
End: 1953

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
6
201,459
-7 REFUSED
12
481,240
-1 INAPPLICABLE
146
6,080,144
1 OFTEN TRUE
280
8,777,972
2 SOMETIMES TRUE
946
32,037,390
3 NEVER TRUE
7,482
295,953,505
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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