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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER97
-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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