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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: REFRLY1X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS-12/31/22 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 478
End: 479

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-7 REFUSED
1
83,204
-1 INAPPLICABLE
66
3,979,313
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,035
144,996,765
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,480
61,008,431
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
162
7,253,179
4 CHILD BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,099
101,466,498
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
21
973,678
6 GRANDCHILD
109
4,775,125
7 PARENT BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
120
4,525,136
8 SIBLING BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
70
3,157,089
9 GRANDPARENT
5
225,135
10 AUNT/UNCLE
3
136,515
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
27
1,304,678
91 OTHER RELATED
94
4,712,575
TOTAL
8,292
338,597,320


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