/*****************************************************************************/
/*  SPSS User Files are being provided for the convenience of analysts who   */
/*  may wish to use SPSS to analyze the MEPS data. However, users are        */
/*  cautioned that SPSS does not currently have the capability to produce    */
/*  appropriate standard errors for estimates from a survey with a complex   */
/*  sample design like the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The      */
/*  annual national probability sample of households selected for the MEPS   */
/*  is a subsample of those participating in the National Health Interview   */
/*  Survey (NHIS) for the previous calendar year. The NHIS, an ongoing       */
/*  general health survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population,   */
/*  is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for   */
/*  Disease Control and Prevention. The NHIS sample design, and thus that    */
/*  of the MEPS, uses complex sampling techniques including                  */
/*  stratification, clustering, and differential sampling rates for the      */
/*  oversampling of selected subgroups of the population. Because of this    */
/*  sampling structure, software that accounts for this complex sample       */
/*  design must be used. Without the use of appropriate software that        */
/*  accounts for the complex sample design of the MEPS in conjunction with   */
/*  the survey's sampling weights (reflecting the survey's sample            */
/*  selection probabilities and nonresponse and other adjustments), the      */
/*  estimated standard errors of survey point estimates will generally be    */
/*  underestimated, and, thus, the inferential conclusions in an analysis    */
/*  (descriptive or analytical) may be misleading. It is recommended that    */
/*  sample survey software be used to analyze the MEPS data. Software for    */
/*  analysis of complex survey data include, for example, SUDAAN (Research   */
/*  Triangle Institute), STATA (Stata Corporation), VPLX (U.S. Bureau of     */
/*  the Census), and WESVAR (Westat, Inc.). A more comprehensive summary     */
/*  of software for the analysis of data from surveys with complex sample    */
/*  designs can be accessed through the website for the American             */
/*  Statistical Association's Survey Research Methods Section. Users may     */
/*  also reference the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)     */
/*  web document "Computing Standard Errors for Medical Expenditure Panel    */
/*  Survey (MEPS) Estimates."                                                */
/*****************************************************************************/


FILE HANDLE INFILE NAME="HC10HF2.DAT"  /LRECL=129.
DATA LIST FILE=INFILE /
    DUID 1-5  
    PID 6-7  
    DUPERSID 8-15 (A)
    EVNTIDX 16-27 (A)
    HHSFFIDX 28-37 (A)
    HHSF96H 38-44 (2)
    HHMR96H 45-51 (2)
    HHMD96H 52-58 (2)
    HHPV96H 59-65 (2)
    HHVA96H 66-71 (2)
    HHCH96H 72-76 (2)
    HHOF96H 77-82 (2)
    HHSL96H 83-89 (2)
    HHWC96H 90-94 (2)
    HHOT96H 95-99 (2)
    HHUC96H 100-104 (2)
    HHTC96H 105-112 (2)
    WTDPER96 113-124 (6)
    VARPSU96 125-126  
    VARSTR96 127-129   .
VARIABLE LABEL 
    DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID'
    PID 'PERSON NUMBER'
    DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID+PID)'
    EVNTIDX 'EVENT ID'
    HHSFFIDX 'HOUSEHOLD REPORTED FLAT FEE ID'
    HHSF96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY (PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHMR96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHMD96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHPV96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHVA96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHCH96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHMPVA(PRE-IMPUTD)'
    HHOF96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHSL96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE&LOC(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHWC96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHOT96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHUC96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    HHTC96H 'HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (PRE-IMPUTED)'
    WTDPER96 'POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJUSTED PERS LEVL WGT'
    VARPSU96 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU 1996'
    VARSTR96 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM 1996' .
VALUE LABELS 
    HHCH96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHMD96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHMR96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHOF96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHOT96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHPV96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHSF96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHSL96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHTC96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHUC96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    HHVA96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0'
         200 '$200.00 - $200.00' /
    HHWC96H
         -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE'
         -7 '-7 REFUSED'
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' .
EXECUTE.