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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: NWK2
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING R2
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2575
End: 2576

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
8
231,846
-7 REFUSED
1
46,047
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,594
278,683,394
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
35
1,500,030
2 RETIRED
1,671
44,653,495
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
332
9,456,545
4 GOING TO SCHOOL
63
2,900,693
5 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
122
4,573,767
6 DON'T WANT TO WORK
10
357,612
91 OTHER
36
1,128,282
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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