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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: HWELLSPK
Description: HOW WELL PERSON SPEAKS ENGLISH
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 276
End: 277

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
1
30,810
-1 INAPPLICABLE
13,716
242,401,412
1 VERY WELL
2,519
47,123,197
2 WELL
815
13,284,957
3 NOT WELL
611
9,363,013
4 NOT AT ALL
396
4,707,046
5 UNDER AGE 5 IN ROUND 1 AND OTHLANG=1,INAPP
1,082
22,887,194
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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