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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: REFRL4X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R4 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 475
End: 476

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
1
33,292
-1 INAPPLICABLE
143
5,962,245
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,390
150,635,647
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,625
61,445,728
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
161
6,183,524
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,124
101,449,701
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
23
893,739
6 GRANDCHILD
163
7,418,440
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
74
2,715,947
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
59
2,175,112
9 GRANDPARENT
3
83,567
10 AUNT/UNCLE
3
99,730
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
22
925,260
91 OTHER RELATED
81
3,509,779
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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