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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: REFRL2X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R2 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 471
End: 472

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
1
33,292
-1 INAPPLICABLE
109
6,089,727
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,355
148,736,774
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,642
61,214,245
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
190
7,929,845
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,113
100,574,816
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
24
910,820
6 GRANDCHILD
167
7,507,692
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
81
2,890,543
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
64
2,277,235
9 GRANDPARENT
4
187,223
10 AUNT/UNCLE
4
140,300
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
24
937,208
91 OTHER RELATED
94
4,101,992
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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