Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name:	FSLESS42
Description:	DID YOU EVER EAT LESS
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	1290
End:	1291

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	11	203,152
-1 INAPPLICABLE	15,557	280,331,636
1 YES	1,471	23,533,082
2 NO	2,101	35,729,760
TOTAL	19,140	339,797,630

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