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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-217
PANEL 23 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: December 20, 2021

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 423
End: 425

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
1
21,295
-8 DK
87
1,785,241
-7 REFUSED
10
237,335
1 NO DEGREE
1,742
34,051,489
2 GED
447
9,169,296
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
4,468
104,304,647
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
1,901
50,961,778
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
941
25,238,175
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
233
6,156,898
7 OTHER DEGREE
1,017
26,080,346
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
3,220
72,638,461
TOTAL
14,067
330,644,961


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