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            | MEPS HC-156 |  
            | PANEL 16 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 19, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | EDRECODE |  
            | Description: | EDUCATION RECODE (EDITED) |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 457 |  
            | End: | 458 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              4 |        127,583 |  
            | -8 DK |            129 |      1,517,870 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              9 |        113,558 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          1,883 |     27,803,450 |  
            | 0 LESS THAN 1ST GRADE |            683 |      9,401,105 |  
            | 1 1ST GRADE |            357 |      4,718,634 |  
            | 2 2ND GRADE |            351 |      4,408,860 |  
            | 3 3RD GRADE |            384 |      4,916,315 |  
            | 4 4TH GRADE |            372 |      5,096,572 |  
            | 5 5TH GRADE |            379 |      4,995,856 |  
            | 6 6TH GRADE |            563 |      6,813,249 |  
            | 7 7TH GRADE |            356 |      5,282,761 |  
            | 8 8TH GRADE |            487 |      7,375,641 |  
            | 9 9TH GRADE |            599 |      7,942,149 |  
            | 10 10TH GRADE |            599 |      8,857,931 |  
            | 11 11TH GRADE |            726 |      9,730,327 |  
            | 12 12TH GRADE, NO HS DIPLOMA OR GED |            218 |      2,734,072 |  
            | 13 GED OR HS GRAD |          4,307 |     72,380,153 |  
            | 14 BEYOND HS,COLLEGE(NO 4YR DEG),ASSOC DEG |          3,022 |     61,716,555 |  
            | 15 4-YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE, BACHELOR'S DEGREE |          2,039 |     46,320,089 |  
            | 16 MASTER'S, DOCTORATE, OR PROFESSIONAL DEG |          1,045 |     24,529,049 |  
            | TOTAL |         18,512 |    316,781,778 |  
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