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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: NWK53
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING RD 5/3
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1733
End: 1734

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
49
949,297
-7 REFUSED
67
1,084,316
-1 INAPPLICABLE
12,468
243,116,067
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
207
3,585,900
2 RETIRED
3,907
50,327,018
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
1,026
13,669,664
4 GOING TO SCHOOL
633
14,156,816
5 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
564
9,271,414
6 DON'T WANT TO WORK
80
1,413,984
91 OTHER
139
2,223,154
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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