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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: REFRL3X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R3 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 473
End: 474

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
1
33,292
-1 INAPPLICABLE
113
5,037,659
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,381
150,073,762
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,633
61,355,495
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
178
7,323,086
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,125
101,340,508
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
23
893,739
6 GRANDCHILD
167
7,590,023
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
77
2,738,776
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
60
2,192,145
9 GRANDPARENT
4
187,223
10 AUNT/UNCLE
3
99,730
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
23
905,385
91 OTHER RELATED
84
3,760,889
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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