Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-252

PANEL 27 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE:September 10, 2025

Variable Name:	EXPLOP2
Description:	PROV EXPLNS OPTIONS TO PERS-R2
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	1705
End:	1706

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-8 DK	179	7,750,978
-7 REFUSED	2	40,128
-1 INAPPLICABLE	2,481	108,210,377
1 YES	5,406	214,566,239
2 NO	224	8,029,597
TOTAL	8,292	338,597,320

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