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            | MEPS HC-130 |  
            | PANEL 13 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 23, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DENTCK5 |  
            | Description: | HOW OFTEN DENTAL CHECK-UP - RD 5 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1778 |  
            | End: | 1779 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              2 |         52,656 |  
            | -8 DK |            143 |      1,637,296 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             21 |        326,475 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            624 |     11,745,263 |  
            | 1 TWICE A YEAR OR MORE |          6,543 |    125,425,588 |  
            | 2 ONCE A YEAR |          4,381 |     67,206,309 |  
            | 3 LESS THAN ONCE A YEAR |          3,393 |     56,008,204 |  
            | 4 NEVER GO TO DENTIST |          3,180 |     48,390,727 |  
            | TOTAL |         18,287 |    310,792,518 |  
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