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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: HRHOW4
Description: HOW HOURLY WAGE WAS CALCULATED R4
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2369
End: 2371

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
62
2,481,621
-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND
3,516
147,556,833
-1 INAPPLICABLE
4,910
175,623,665
1 IMPUTED USING RANGE ESTIMATE
22
1,286,784
2 IMPUTED WITHOUT RANGE ESTIMATE
33
1,769,131
3 NO CALCULATION: HOURLY WAGE PROVIDED
246
10,789,613
4 CALCULATED FROM SALARY
72
3,469,898
5 CALCULATED FROM PAID BY DAY
2
67,809
6 CALCULATED FROM PIECEWORK/JOB/MILE
6
199,654
7 CALCULATED FROM COMMISSIONS
3
286,701
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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