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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: NWK3
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING R3
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2577
End: 2579

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
185
7,336,591
-8 DK
25
881,861
-7 REFUSED
33
1,805,765
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,622
241,805,637
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
74
2,494,117
2 RETIRED
1,753
46,842,399
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
520
15,041,798
4 GOING TO SCHOOL
287
14,448,677
5 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
282
9,466,080
6 DON'T WANT TO WORK
37
1,503,635
91 OTHER
54
1,905,150
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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