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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: HWELLSPK
Description: HOW WELL PERSON SPEAKS ENGLISH
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 487
End: 488

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,301
243,111,610
1 VERY WELL
1,231
50,389,963
2 WELL
391
12,588,925
3 NOT WELL
266
8,029,692
4 NOT AT ALL
185
4,559,057
5 UNDER AGE 5 IN ROUND 1 AND OTHLANG=1,INAPP
498
24,852,463
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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