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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: REFRL1X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R1 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 469
End: 470

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
1
33,292
-1 INAPPLICABLE
96
6,291,904
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,324
146,980,395
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,647
61,656,302
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
201
8,057,830
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,123
100,652,862
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
26
1,087,082
6 GRANDCHILD
174
7,827,119
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
82
2,973,873
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
65
2,182,004
9 GRANDPARENT
6
282,809
10 AUNT/UNCLE
4
140,300
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
25
952,609
91 OTHER RELATED
98
4,413,330
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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