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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 256
2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name: EQTIME53
Description: ESAQ: IN AVERAGE WEEK HOW MANY HOURS OF CARE
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1491
End: 1493

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
29
-1 INAPPLICABLE
17,226
1 UP TO 8 HOURS PER WEEK
1,214
2 9 TO 19 HOURS PER WEEK
240
3 20 TO 39 HOURS PER WEEK
162
4 40 HOURS OR MORE
269
TOTAL
19,140


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