/*****************************************************************************/
/*  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."                                                */
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FILE HANDLE INFILE NAME="H36U15.DAT"  /LRECL=43.
DATA LIST FILE=INFILE /
    DUID 1-5  
    PID 6-8  
    DUPERSID 9-16 (A)
    PANEL 17-18  
    INH12 19-19  
    INH20 20-20  
    INH28 21-21  
    INH38 22-22  
    INH50 23-23  
    INH60 24-24  
    INH70 25-25  
    INH79 26-26  
    INH89 27-27  
    INH97 28-28  
    INH105 29-29  
    INH113 30-30  
    INH121 31-31  
    INH129 32-32  
    INH138 33-33  
    INH147 34-34  
    INH155 35-35  
    INH163 36-36  
    INH171 37-37  
    INH181 38-38  
    STRA9615 39-42  
    PSU9615 43-43   .
VARIABLE LABEL 
    DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID'
    PID 'PERSON NUMBER'
    DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID + PID)'
    PANEL 'PANEL NUMBER'
    INH12 'IN H12 POPULATION'
    INH20 'IN H20 POPULATION'
    INH28 'IN H28 POPULATION'
    INH38 'IN H38 POPULATION'
    INH50 'IN H50 POPULATION'
    INH60 'IN H60 POPULATION'
    INH70 'IN H70 POPULATION'
    INH79 'IN H79 POPULATION'
    INH89 'IN H89 POPULATION'
    INH97 'IN H97 POPULATION'
    INH105 'IN H105 POPULATION'
    INH113 'IN H113 POPULATION'
    INH121 'IN H121 POPULATION'
    INH129 'IN H129 POPULATION'
    INH138 'IN H138 POPULATION'
    INH147 'IN H147 POPULATION'
    INH155 'IN H155 POPULATION'
    INH163 'IN H163 POPULATION'
    INH171 'IN H171 POPULATION'
    INH181 'IN H181 POPULATION'
    STRA9615 'COMBINED VARIANCE STRATUM: 1996-2015'
    PSU9615 'COMBINED VARIANCE PSU: 1996-2015' .
VALUE LABELS 
    INH105
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH113
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH12
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH121
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH129
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH138
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH147
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH155
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH163
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH171
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH181
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH20
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH28
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH38
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH50
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH60
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH70
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH79
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH89
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    INH97
         1 '1 YES'
         2 '2 NO' /
    PANEL
         1 '1 PANEL 1'
         10 '10 PANEL 10'
         11 '11 PANEL 11'
         12 '12 PANEL 12'
         13 '13 PANEL 13'
         14 '14 PANEL 14'
         15 '15 PANEL 15'
         16 '16 PANEL 16'
         17 '17 PANEL 17'
         18 '18 PANEL 18'
         19 '19 PANEL 19'
         2 '2 PANEL 2'
         20 '20 PANEL 20'
         3 '3 PANEL 3'
         4 '4 PANEL 4'
         5 '5 PANEL 5'
         6 '6 PANEL 6'
         7 '7 PANEL 7'
         8 '8 PANEL 8'
         9 '9 PANEL 9' .
EXECUTE.