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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: NWK5
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING RD 5
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2916
End: 2917

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
5
117,032
-8 DK
8
266,716
-7 REFUSED
16
331,374
-1 INAPPLICABLE
12,133
259,149,657
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
311
6,056,801
2 RETIRED
1,019
26,564,242
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
556
11,842,413
4 ON TEMPORARY LAYOFF
9
172,202
5 MATERNITY/PATERNITY LEAVE
8
129,084
6 GOING TO SCHOOL
121
3,100,743
7 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
302
6,143,644
8 WANTED SOME TIME OFF
11
194,817
9 WAITING TO START NEW JOB
4
67,214
91 OTHER
38
773,438
TOTAL
14,541
314,909,377


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