Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC 253

2024 JOBS FILE CODEBOOK

DATE: April 10, 2026

Variable Name:	JSTRTY
Description:	Job start date - year
Format:	4.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	68
End:	71

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	730
-7 REFUSED	105
-1 INAPPLICABLE	3,046
1956 - 2017	11,157
2018	1,440
2019	1,502
2020	1,586
2021	2,336
2022	3,420
2023	4,916
2024	4,059
TOTAL	34,297

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