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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-252
PANEL 27 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE:September 10, 2025

Variable Name: REFRL1X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R1 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 468
End: 469

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-7 REFUSED
2
99,325
-1 INAPPLICABLE
121
7,080,450
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
3,973
141,919,143
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,456
60,183,797
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
186
8,347,938
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,093
100,817,514
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
20
931,176
6 GRANDCHILD
117
4,905,537
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
116
4,406,113
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
72
3,217,804
9 GRANDPARENT
5
225,135
10 AUNT/UNCLE
3
136,515
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
29
1,376,557
91 OTHER RELATED
99
4,950,315
TOTAL
8,292
338,597,320


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