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            | MEPS HC020 CODEBOOK |  
            | 1997 Full Year Consolidated Data File |  
            | DATE:September 20, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | HIDEG97 |  
            | Description: | HIGHEST DEGREE-12/31/97 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 253 |  
            | End: | 254 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 11 | 0 |  
            | -8 DK | 30 | 78,016 |  
            | -7 REFUSED | 12 | 18,469 |  
            | 1 NO DEGREE | 6,942 | 44,247,055 |  
            | 2 GED | 1,148 | 8,144,229 |  
            | 3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA | 11,530 | 99,238,628 |  
            | 4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE | 3,045 | 30,319,877 |  
            | 5 MASTER'S DEGREE | 1,137 | 11,102,306 |  
            | 6 DOCTORATE DEGREE | 341 | 3,450,406 |  
            | 7 OTHER DEGREE | 1,270 | 11,668,435 |  
            | 8 UNDER 16 - INAPPLICABLE | 9,085 | 63,011,165 |  
            | TOTAL | 34,551 | 271,278,585 |  
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