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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: REFRL5X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R5 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 477
End: 478

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
1
33,292
-1 INAPPLICABLE
173
6,637,922
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,394
150,822,988
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,612
61,083,007
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
157
6,024,328
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,117
101,651,547
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
22
864,831
6 GRANDCHILD
160
7,304,372
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
72
2,498,525
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
57
2,081,273
9 GRANDPARENT
2
62,291
10 AUNT/UNCLE
3
99,730
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
21
851,176
91 OTHER RELATED
81
3,516,428
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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