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MEPS HC-186 CODEBOOK
2017 P21R3/P22R1 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
DATE: March 16, 2018

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 84
End: 85

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WGTSP13
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
57
50,974
-8 DK
246
1,826,539
-7 REFUSED
36
282,106
1 NO DEGREE
5,020
37,364,158
2 GED
1,025
9,316,288
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
11,091
106,536,960
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
4,364
48,433,284
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
1,917
21,011,248
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
516
5,823,660
7 OTHER DEGREE
2,165
21,887,748
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
8,186
66,975,931
TOTAL
34,623
319,508,895


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