Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	PROXY1
Description:	WAS RESPONDENT A PROXY IN R1
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	192
End:	193

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE	96	6,291,904
1 RESPONDENT IS RU MEMBER	8,733	336,116,710
2 RESPONDENT IS A PROXY	43	1,123,096
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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