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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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER98
-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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