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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-148
PANEL 15 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: October 19, 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
3
38,880
-8 DK
85
1,139,721
-7 REFUSED
10
225,827
-1 INAPPLICABLE
69
1,652,968
1 NO DEGREE
2,400
38,985,299
2 GED
435
8,515,461
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
4,553
105,585,009
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
1,581
44,175,947
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
596
18,047,136
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
161
5,076,073
7 OTHER DEGREE
751
19,964,517
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
3,897
71,502,540
TOTAL
14,541
314,909,377


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