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MEPS HC 256

2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name:	EVERSERVED
Description:	HAS SERVED IN THE MILITARY
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	262
End:	263

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	10	129,370
-7 REFUSED	12	137,605
1 YES - SERVED IN MILITARY	1,152	18,461,762
2 NO - DID NOT SERVE IN MILITARY	14,563	253,853,023
3 16 OR YOUNGER - INAPPLICABLE	3,403	67,215,869
TOTAL	19,140	339,797,630

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