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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: NWK5
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING R5
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2582
End: 2583

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DK
15
541,044
-7 REFUSED
31
1,241,399
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,720
245,057,271
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
102
4,587,609
2 RETIRED
1,848
49,209,495
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
484
14,532,221
4 GOING TO SCHOOL
293
14,912,487
5 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
274
9,790,756
6 DON'T WANT TO WORK
43
1,616,369
91 OTHER
62
2,043,059
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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