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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: MARRY2X
Description: MARITAL STATUS - R2 (EDITED/IMPUTED)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 384
End: 385

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
2
57,472
-1 INAPPLICABLE
109
6,089,727
1 MARRIED
3,580
134,477,568
2 WIDOWED
578
14,890,740
3 DIVORCED
884
25,378,629
4 SEPARATED
114
3,316,704
5 NEVER MARRIED
2,076
91,576,708
6 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
1,450
64,935,261
7 MARRIED IN ROUND
27
1,055,340
8 WIDOWED IN ROUND
15
482,112
9 DIVORCED IN ROUND
17
467,647
10 SEPARATED IN ROUND
20
803,802
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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