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            | MEPS HC-183 |  
            | PANEL 19 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE: September 7, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DENTCK5 |  
            | Description: | HOW OFTEN DENTAL CHECK-UP - RD 5 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1179 |  
            | End: | 1180 |  
 
        
          
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            | -8 DK |            165 |      2,517,549 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             34 |        441,859 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            431 |     10,353,343 |  
            | 1 TWICE A YEAR OR MORE |          6,342 |    142,055,555 |  
            | 2 ONCE A YEAR |          3,925 |     71,272,424 |  
            | 3 LESS THAN ONCE A YEAR |          2,420 |     50,069,277 |  
            | 4 NEVER GO TO DENTIST |          2,581 |     47,868,075 |  
            | TOTAL |         15,898 |    324,578,082 |  
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