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            | MEPS H23 CODEBOOK |  
            | PANEL 1 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE |  
            | DATE:      June 3, 2013 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | HIDEGY1 |  
            | Description: | HIGHEST DEGREE-12/31/96 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 465 |  
            | End: | 466 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -8 DK |              2 |         29,672 |  
            | -3 NO DATA IN ROUND |            192 |      2,707,594 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            330 |      4,337,901 |  
            | 1 NO DEGREE |          3,621 |     42,807,369 |  
            | 2 GED |            655 |      9,009,018 |  
            | 3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA |          6,401 |     95,015,825 |  
            | 4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE |          1,815 |     29,787,320 |  
            | 5 MASTER'S DEGREE |            647 |     10,388,607 |  
            | 6 DOCTORATE DEGREE |            165 |      2,572,656 |  
            | 7 OTHER DEGREE |            861 |     13,234,427 |  
            | 8 UNDER 16 - INAPPLICABLE |          5,170 |     64,713,521 |  
            | TOTAL |         19,859 |    274,603,911 |  
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