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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: EMPST1
Description: EMPLOYMENT STATUS R1
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2283
End: 2285

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
25
1,178,810
-8 DK
33
1,334,533
-7 REFUSED
103
4,428,703
-1 INAPPLICABLE
1,558
71,275,075
1 EMPLOYED AT RD 1 INT DATE
3,897
163,153,321
2 JOB TO RETURN TO AT RD 1 INT DATE
59
2,063,268
3 JOB DURING RD 1 REF PERIOD
80
2,968,079
4 NOT EMPLOYED DURING RD 1
3,117
97,129,921
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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