Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	FSSKIP4
Description:	DID YOU EVER SKIP MEALS R4
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	1958
End:	1959

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE	7,223	286,758,014
1 YES	622	21,876,431
2 NO	1,027	34,897,266
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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