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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: HRHOW2
Description: HOW HOURLY WAGE WAS CALCULATED R2
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2363
End: 2365

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
69
2,955,032
-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND
3,466
143,408,134
-1 INAPPLICABLE
4,873
175,833,094
1 IMPUTED USING RANGE ESTIMATE
42
2,318,357
2 IMPUTED WITHOUT RANGE ESTIMATE
43
1,663,035
3 NO CALCULATION: HOURLY WAGE PROVIDED
281
13,168,749
4 CALCULATED FROM SALARY
81
3,419,189
5 CALCULATED FROM PAID BY DAY
4
206,722
6 CALCULATED FROM PIECEWORK/JOB/MILE
9
337,948
7 CALCULATED FROM COMMISSIONS
4
221,451
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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