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            | MEPS HC028 CODEBOOK |  
            | 1998 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA FILE |  
            | DATE:   August 23, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RFREL98X |  
            | Description: | RELATION TO REF PERS 12/31/98 (EDIT/IMP) |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 288 |  
            | End: | 289 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -8 DK | 2 | 10,694 |  
            | 0 SELF | 9,156 | 118,173,684 |  
            | 1 MOTHER | 204 | 1,389,232 |  
            | 2 FATHER | 60 | 440,881 |  
            | 3 SISTER/STEP/HALF | 98 | 682,643 |  
            | 4 BROTHER/STEP/HALF | 131 | 1,081,917 |  
            | 5 DAUGHTER/ADOPTED DAUGHTER | 3,979 | 41,051,965 |  
            | 6 SON/ADOPTED SON | 4,328 | 46,747,230 |  
            | 7 WIFE/SPOUSE | 3,452 | 40,837,032 |  
            | 8 HUSBAND/SPOUSE | 1,102 | 11,778,747 |  
            | 9 MOTHER-IN-LAW | 35 | 299,537 |  
            | 10 FATHER-IN-LAW | 6 | 19,653 |  
            | 11 SISTER-IN-LAW | 23 | 131,088 |  
            | 12 BROTHER-IN-LAW | 16 | 134,098 |  
            | 13 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW | 34 | 202,187 |  
            | 14 SON-IN-LAW | 30 | 176,615 |  
            | 16 STEPFATHER | 5 | 38,635 |  
            | 17 STEPDAUGHTER | 57 | 435,313 |  
            | 18 STEPSON | 57 | 464,673 |  
            | 19 GRANDMOTHER | 16 | 116,988 |  
            | 20 GRANDFATHER | 2 | 6,170 |  
            | 21 AUNT | 9 | 61,544 |  
            | 22 UNCLE | 7 | 92,085 |  
            | 23 NIECE | 61 | 333,296 |  
            | 24 NEPHEW | 72 | 496,212 |  
            | 25 COUSIN | 23 | 175,969 |  
            | 26 GRANDSON | 318 | 2,354,981 |  
            | 27 GRANDDAUGHTER | 276 | 1,865,621 |  
            | 28 FEMALE PARTNER | 179 | 1,556,830 |  
            | 29 MALE PARTNER | 202 | 1,649,454 |  
            | 30 MOTHER'S PARTNER | 1 | 0 |  
            | 32 DAUGHTER OF PARTNER | 21 | 133,654 |  
            | 33 SON OF PARTNER | 36 | 166,626 |  
            | 37 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER | 7 | 43,008 |  
            | 38 GREAT GRANDSON | 11 | 107,269 |  
            | 39 GREAT AUNT | 1 | 9,247 |  
            | 41 GREAT NIECE | 3 | 16,950 |  
            | 42 GREAT NEPHEW | 3 | 35,715 |  
            | 45 FOSTER DAUGHTER | 12 | 31,538 |  
            | 46 FOSTER SON | 14 | 48,401 |  
            | 91 OTHER RELATED, SPECIFY | 23 | 136,312 |  
            | TOTAL | 24,072 | 273,533,690 |  
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