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            | MEPS H23 CODEBOOK |  
            | PANEL 1 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE |  
            | DATE:      June 3, 2013 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | FLSTATY2 |  
            | Description: | PERSON'S FILING STATUS 97 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 567 |  
            | End: | 568 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |            152 |      2,085,536 |  
            | -8 DK |            115 |      1,588,673 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             23 |        325,679 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         11,529 |    150,395,671 |  
            | 1 SINGLE |          3,554 |     56,816,353 |  
            | 2 MARRIED FILING JOINT RETURN |          3,466 |     49,997,916 |  
            | 3 MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY |            285 |      3,793,214 |  
            | 4 HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD W/QUALIFYING PERSON |            716 |      9,327,909 |  
            | 5 QUALIFYING WIDOWER W/DEPENDT |             19 |        272,958 |  
            | TOTAL |         19,859 |    274,603,911 |  
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