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            | MEPS HC020 CODEBOOK |  
            | 1997 Full Year Consolidated Data File |  
            | DATE:September 20, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RFREL97X |  
            | Description: | RELATION TO REF PERS 12/31/97 (EDIT/IMP) |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 287 |  
            | End: | 288 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 1 | 8,392 |  
            | -8 DK | 1 | 29,240 |  
            | 0 SELF | 13,320 | 116,928,952 |  
            | 1 MOTHER | 254 | 1,259,452 |  
            | 2 FATHER | 83 | 445,379 |  
            | 3 SISTER/STEP/HALF | 150 | 656,274 |  
            | 4 BROTHER/STEP/HALF | 184 | 1,010,167 |  
            | 5 DAUGHTER/ADOPTED DAUGHTER | 5,633 | 41,372,764 |  
            | 6 SON/ADOPTED SON | 6,009 | 45,765,823 |  
            | 7 WIFE/SPOUSE | 5,076 | 41,914,782 |  
            | 8 HUSBAND/SPOUSE | 1,537 | 11,445,458 |  
            | 9 MOTHER-IN-LAW | 63 | 364,926 |  
            | 10 FATHER-IN-LAW | 17 | 90,101 |  
            | 11 SISTER-IN-LAW | 42 | 185,846 |  
            | 12 BROTHER-IN-LAW | 49 | 166,077 |  
            | 13 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW | 61 | 204,232 |  
            | 14 SON-IN-LAW | 67 | 214,205 |  
            | 15 STEPMOTHER | 1 | 1,840 |  
            | 16 STEPFATHER | 10 | 31,346 |  
            | 17 STEPDAUGHTER | 78 | 325,182 |  
            | 18 STEPSON | 81 | 377,081 |  
            | 19 GRANDMOTHER | 22 | 91,957 |  
            | 20 GRANDFATHER | 6 | 12,239 |  
            | 21 AUNT | 15 | 28,558 |  
            | 22 UNCLE | 17 | 92,836 |  
            | 23 NIECE | 97 | 379,174 |  
            | 24 NEPHEW | 95 | 401,878 |  
            | 25 COUSIN | 64 | 254,745 |  
            | 26 GRANDSON | 447 | 2,302,758 |  
            | 27 GRANDDAUGHTER | 398 | 1,726,914 |  
            | 28 FEMALE PARTNER | 237 | 1,204,230 |  
            | 29 MALE PARTNER | 260 | 1,410,130 |  
            | 30 MOTHER'S PARTNER | 2 | 3,764 |  
            | 32 DAUGHTER OF PARTNER | 31 | 96,261 |  
            | 33 SON OF PARTNER | 48 | 136,881 |  
            | 34 FOSTER CHILD | 3 | 29,724 |  
            | 37 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER | 16 | 63,792 |  
            | 38 GREAT GRANDSON | 16 | 89,856 |  
            | 41 GREAT NIECE | 2 | 1,242 |  
            | 42 GREAT NEPHEW | 4 | 19,592 |  
            | 45 FOSTER DAUGHTER | 9 | 13,097 |  
            | 46 FOSTER SON | 18 | 61,501 |  
            | 91 OTHER RELATED, SPECIFY | 26 | 59,937 |  
            | 99 NOT RELATED | 1 | 0 |  
            | TOTAL | 34,551 | 271,278,585 |  
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