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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: NWK4
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2580
End: 2581

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
11
467,768
-7 REFUSED
11
418,282
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,436
272,590,060
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
38
1,562,194
2 RETIRED
1,782
47,667,414
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
307
8,885,714
4 GOING TO SCHOOL
90
4,585,337
5 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
137
5,275,845
6 DON'T WANT TO WORK
15
425,964
91 OTHER
45
1,653,133
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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