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            | MEPS HC-139 |  
            | PANEL 14 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 19, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DENTCK3 |  
            | Description: | HOW OFTEN DENTAL CHECK-UP - RD 3 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1504 |  
            | End: | 1505 |  
 
        
          
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            | -8 DK |            118 |      1,477,099 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             36 |        735,940 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            568 |     11,718,092 |  
            | 1 TWICE A YEAR OR MORE |          5,697 |    123,640,272 |  
            | 2 ONCE A YEAR |          3,893 |     68,309,430 |  
            | 3 LESS THAN ONCE A YEAR |          3,034 |     56,028,602 |  
            | 4 NEVER GO TO DENTIST |          2,875 |     50,232,276 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,221 |    312,141,711 |  
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