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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: MARRY53X
Description: MARITAL STATUS - R5/3 (EDITED/IMPUTED)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 216
End: 217

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
2
17,183
-7 REFUSED
4
15,658
-1 INAPPLICABLE
161
2,998,984
1 MARRIED
7,535
133,050,228
2 WIDOWED
1,289
15,645,246
3 DIVORCED
1,990
28,130,574
4 SEPARATED
275
4,047,416
5 NEVER MARRIED
4,531
90,553,361
6 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
3,194
62,712,869
7 MARRIED IN ROUND
66
1,186,242
8 WIDOWED IN ROUND
27
419,910
9 DIVORCED IN ROUND
40
533,839
10 SEPARATED IN ROUND
26
486,120
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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