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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: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 246
End: 247

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
123
1,904,894
-7 REFUSED
26
422,922
1 NO DEGREE
2,110
30,449,564
2 GED
602
9,870,946
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
5,727
104,240,450
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
3,234
57,446,949
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
1,716
29,019,385
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
573
9,273,032
7 OTHER DEGREE
1,555
28,370,856
8 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
3,474
68,798,631
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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