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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: REFRL42X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R4/2 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 266
End: 267

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
5
85,219
-7 REFUSED
1
13,986
-1 INAPPLICABLE
196
2,241,543
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
9,119
148,000,635
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
3,485
61,446,552
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
424
7,241,245
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
4,798
101,122,726
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
54
1,060,856
6 GRANDCHILD
365
6,648,826
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
197
3,368,599
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
151
2,451,250
9 GRANDPARENT
17
174,998
10 AUNT/UNCLE
9
178,330
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
90
1,500,164
91 OTHER RELATED
229
4,262,701
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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