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            | MEPS HC012 CODEBOOK |  
            | 1996 Full Year Consolidated Data File |  
            | DATE:September 19, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | FILESTAT |  
            | Description: | PERSON'S FILING STATUS |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 266 |  
            | End: | 267 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 2 | 28,988 |  
            | -8 DK | 181 | 1,963,668 |  
            | -7 REFUSED | 33 | 444,415 |  
            | -3 NO DATA IN ROUND | 339 | 2,733,806 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 13,019 | 146,489,517 |  
            | 1 SINGLE | 4,032 | 55,925,311 |  
            | 2 MARRIED FILING JOINT RETURN | 3,875 | 48,976,869 |  
            | 3 MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY | 368 | 4,013,810 |  
            | 4 HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD W/QUALFYING PERS | 732 | 8,063,029 |  
            | 5 QUALIFYING WIDOW(ER) W/DEP CHILD | 20 | 266,078 |  
            | TOTAL | 22,601 | 268,905,490 |  
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