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            | MEPS HC-183 |  
            | PANEL 19 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE: September 7, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | BEGRFM1 |  
            | Description: | R1 REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 194 |  
            | End: | 195 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              1 |         24,120 |  
            | -8 DK |              2 |         24,645 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              2 |         50,266 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            366 |      7,459,252 |  
            | 1 JANUARY |         15,482 |    315,834,002 |  
            | 2 FEBRUARY |             18 |        459,957 |  
            | 3 MARCH |             12 |        321,452 |  
            | 4 APRIL |              4 |         58,808 |  
            | 5 MAY |              8 |        253,998 |  
            | 6 JUNE |              1 |          8,200 |  
            | 7 JULY |              2 |         83,384 |  
            | TOTAL |         15,898 |    324,578,082 |  
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