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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: HRHOW5
Description: HOW HOURLY WAGE WAS CALCULATED R5
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2372
End: 2374

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
55
2,116,738
-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND
3,648
154,191,740
-1 INAPPLICABLE
4,914
176,526,903
1 IMPUTED USING RANGE ESTIMATE
13
394,979
2 IMPUTED WITHOUT RANGE ESTIMATE
25
1,128,034
3 NO CALCULATION: HOURLY WAGE PROVIDED
176
7,415,101
4 CALCULATED FROM SALARY
30
1,267,582
5 CALCULATED FROM PAID BY DAY
3
220,450
6 CALCULATED FROM PIECEWORK/JOB/MILE
5
172,166
7 CALCULATED FROM COMMISSIONS
3
98,016
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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