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MEPS HC-115
2008 FULL YEAR POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS CODEBOOK
DATE: April 23, 2010

Variable Name: RFREL08X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS-12/31/08 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 268
End: 269

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT08P
-7 REFUSED
1
0
0 SELF
12,604
137,444,843
1 MOTHER
432
2,542,996
2 FATHER
203
1,112,332
3 SISTER/STEP/HALF
239
1,078,502
4 BROTHER/STEP/HALF
283
1,458,758
5 DAUGHTER/ADOPTED DAUGHTER
5,253
42,207,458
6 SON/ADOPTED SON
5,718
46,962,021
7 WIFE/SPOUSE
3,048
30,656,381
8 HUSBAND/SPOUSE
2,697
26,435,399
9 MOTHER-IN-LAW
58
282,827
10 FATHER-IN-LAW
17
95,414
11 SISTER-IN-LAW
24
54,521
12 BROTHER-IN-LAW
44
216,109
13 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
35
172,572
14 SON-IN-LAW
59
230,094
16 STEPFATHER
6
25,757
17 STEPDAUGHTER
118
950,585
18 STEPSON
145
1,250,141
19 GRANDMOTHER
23
43,237
20 GRANDFATHER
3
7,813
21 AUNT
21
107,387
22 UNCLE
14
46,584
23 NIECE
90
298,474
24 NEPHEW
115
336,217
25 COUSIN
56
323,357
26 GRANDSON
409
2,246,553
27 GRANDDAUGHTER
341
1,686,269
28 FEMALE PARTNER
352
2,438,859
29 MALE PARTNER
394
2,349,933
32 DAUGHTER OF PARTNER
46
287,371
33 SON OF PARTNER
59
305,630
37 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER
16
82,168
38 GREAT GRANDSON
21
87,845
41 GREAT NIECE
3
23,076
42 GREAT NEPHEW
15
59,890
45 FOSTER DAUGHTER
11
51,170
46 FOSTER SON
6
60,048
91 OTHER RELATED, SPECIFY
87
357,352
TOTAL
33,066
304,375,942


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