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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC005 CODEBOOK
Combined Panel 1 Round 3/Panel 2 Round 1 1997 Population Characteristics
DATE: August 25, 2005

Variable Name: BEGRFM13
Description: REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 36
End: 37

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WGTSP13
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1
0
1 JANUARY
14,866
131,752,696
2 FEBRUARY
115
389,437
3 MARCH
90
237,388
4 APRIL
51
107,567
5 MAY
34
56,722
6 JUNE
10
69,368
7 JULY
6
14,034
8 AUGUST
2,881
16,815,548
9 SEPTEMBER
7,432
45,279,839
10 OCTOBER
7,245
43,790,856
11 NOVEMBER
3,682
21,971,574
12 DECEMBER
968
5,441,663
TOTAL
37,381
265,926,692


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