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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: NWK1
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING R1
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2573
End: 2574

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
38
1,741,450
-7 REFUSED
119
4,884,024
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,594
239,459,744
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
112
4,439,427
2 RETIRED
1,520
40,904,143
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
680
19,033,398
4 GOING TO SCHOOL
282
14,827,678
5 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
337
11,315,906
6 DON'T WANT TO WORK
69
2,510,280
91 OTHER
121
4,415,661
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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