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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-236
PANEL 23, 4-YEAR LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: November 8, 2023

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 750
End: 752

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
1
44,764
-8 DK
45
1,259,425
-7 REFUSED
7
198,930
1 NO DEGREE
989
29,396,431
2 GED
244
8,527,591
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
2,316
101,622,851
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
926
51,904,461
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
483
28,747,446
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
103
7,057,358
7 OTHER DEGREE
500
25,522,380
8 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
1,466
81,454,673
TOTAL
7,080
335,736,312


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