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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-122
PANEL 12 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: October 23, 2017

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 447
End: 448

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1
46,422
-8 DK
53
1,175,403
-7 REFUSED
5
217,748
1 NO DEGREE
2,181
43,204,775
2 GED
351
8,783,520
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
3,867
104,610,385
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
1,305
39,257,190
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
479
14,372,138
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
140
4,620,316
7 OTHER DEGREE
641
18,517,194
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
3,417
72,799,187
TOTAL
12,440
307,604,278


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