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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-257
PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name: BENDIF1
Description: DIFFICULTY BENDING/STOOPING R1
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 838
End: 839

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
3
136,514
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,701
310,630,353
1 NO DIFFICULTY
256
7,490,157
2 SOME DIFFICULTY
473
13,197,002
3 A LOT OF DIFFICULTY
281
7,641,855
4 COMPLETELY UNABLE TO DO IT
158
4,435,830
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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