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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: MARRY5X
Description: MARITAL STATUS - R5 (EDITED/IMPUTED)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 390
End: 391

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
173
6,637,922
1 MARRIED
3,554
135,598,020
2 WIDOWED
594
15,112,488
3 DIVORCED
917
26,527,427
4 SEPARATED
133
4,250,215
5 NEVER MARRIED
2,056
90,120,608
6 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
1,397
63,411,428
7 MARRIED IN ROUND
24
1,031,476
8 WIDOWED IN ROUND
9
242,192
9 DIVORCED IN ROUND
7
185,271
10 SEPARATED IN ROUND
8
414,662
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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