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            | MEPS H23 CODEBOOK |  
            | PANEL 1 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE |  
            | DATE:      June 3, 2013 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | HEARIN2 |  
            | Description: | HEARING IMPAIRMENT (SUMMARY),R2 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 3366 |  
            | End: | 3367 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |             26 |        319,090 |  
            | -3 NO DATA IN ROUND |            159 |      2,148,291 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            379 |      5,113,694 |  
            | 1 NO DIFFICULTY |         18,127 |    250,216,187 |  
            | 2 SLIGHT IMPAIRMENT |            986 |     14,317,641 |  
            | 3 MODERATE IMPAIRMENT |             68 |        857,924 |  
            | 4 MAJOR IMPAIRMENT |              9 |        142,424 |  
            | 5 DEAF |            105 |      1,488,659 |  
            | TOTAL |         19,859 |    274,603,911 |  
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