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            | MEPS HC-172 |  
            | PANEL 18 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 23, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | YRSINUS |  
            | Description: | YEARS PERSON LIVED IN THE US |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 467 |  
            | End: | 468 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              3 |         59,607 |  
            | -8 DK |             25 |        234,290 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             11 |         82,537 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         13,237 |    278,109,235 |  
            | 1 LESS THAN 1 YEAR |              5 |        133,641 |  
            | 2 1 YR., LESS THAN 5 YRS. |            204 |      2,703,743 |  
            | 3 5 YRS., LESS THAN 10 YRS. |            535 |      6,035,034 |  
            | 4 10 YRS., LESS THAN 15 YRS. |            581 |      6,698,649 |  
            | 5 15 YEARS OR MORE |          2,113 |     27,552,888 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,714 |    321,609,625 |  
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