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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: PSTATS4
Description: PERSON DISPOSITION STATUS - R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 334
End: 335

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
143
5,962,245
11 PERSON IN HOUSEHOLD, NOT FT ACTIVE MILITARY
8,598
331,059,607
12 IN HOUSEHOLD, FT MIL DUTY-OUT-OF-SCOPE
1
14,214
13 FT STUDENT LIVING AWAY FROM HOME
21
1,117,986
14 IN ORIG HH, FT ACTIVE DUTY-INSCOPE
2
122,299
22 LEAVES INSTITUTION ROUND: 4
1
28,880
31 DECEASED
30
1,252,614
32 INSTITUTIONALIZED IN HEALTH CARE FACILITY
4
123,020
33 INSTITUTIONALIZED IN NON-HEALTH CARE FACILITY
3
107,148
34 MOVED OUTSIDE OF U.S., NOT AS A STUDENT
5
171,592
35 MOVED, FT ACTIVE DUTY
2
103,684
41 MOVED WITHIN THE U.S.
35
1,865,122
42 PERSON WHO JOINED RU NOT FT MILITARY
1
32,845
44 JOINS ANOTHER RU, AND IS INSCOPE
3
200,771
51 NEWBORN IN REFERENCE PERIOD
23
1,369,683
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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