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            | MEPS HC-196 2018 P22R3/P23R1 |  
            | POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:     April 3, 2019 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | BEGRFM13 |  
            | Description: | REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 38 |  
            | End: | 39 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | 1 JANUARY |         17,708 |    169,328,097 |  
            | 2 FEBRUARY |             51 |        314,505 |  
            | 3 MARCH |             24 |        132,653 |  
            | 4 APRIL |             25 |        161,918 |  
            | 5 MAY |             16 |         45,679 |  
            | 6 JUNE |              5 |         34,670 |  
            | 7 JULY |            561 |      5,073,969 |  
            | 8 AUGUST |          7,563 |     71,510,715 |  
            | 9 SEPTEMBER |          4,419 |     43,807,896 |  
            | 10 OCTOBER |          1,943 |     20,064,509 |  
            | 11 NOVEMBER |            848 |      8,897,217 |  
            | 12 DECEMBER |            276 |      2,464,297 |  
            | TOTAL |         33,439 |    321,836,125 |  
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