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MEPS HC-204
2018 FULL YEAR POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS CODEBOOK
DATE: February 17, 2020

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 231
End: 233

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT18P
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
7
39,915
-8 DK
192
1,719,483
-7 REFUSED
35
214,108
1 NO DEGREE
3,921
34,039,917
2 GED
931
8,751,210
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
9,736
105,432,871
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
4,057
50,868,077
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
1,876
23,095,458
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
519
6,484,570
7 OTHER DEGREE
2,069
25,408,460
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
7,118
70,273,819
TOTAL
30,461
326,327,888


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