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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-156
PANEL 16 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: October 19, 2017

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 455
End: 456

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
3
58,443
-8 DK
106
1,365,260
-7 REFUSED
9
85,218
-1 INAPPLICABLE
322
5,430,999
1 NO DEGREE
2,988
37,589,249
2 GED
534
8,564,035
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
5,901
106,330,496
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
1,991
45,017,420
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
769
17,996,014
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
239
5,620,837
7 OTHER DEGREE
930
20,393,242
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
4,720
68,330,565
TOTAL
18,512
316,781,778


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