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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: REFRLY2X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS-12/31/24 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 481
End: 482

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
1
33,292
-1 INAPPLICABLE
106
3,734,081
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,408
151,217,166
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,637
62,099,938
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
159
6,128,940
4 CHILD BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,131
102,452,966
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
22
864,831
6 GRANDCHILD
163
7,414,521
7 PARENT BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
76
2,820,194
8 SIBLING BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
60
2,189,529
9 GRANDPARENT
2
62,291
10 AUNT/UNCLE
3
99,730
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
22
857,474
91 OTHER RELATED
82
3,556,757
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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