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            | MEPS H35 CODEBOOK |  
            | PANEL 2 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE |  
            | DATE:      May 23, 2013 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | HIDEGY1 |  
            | Description: | HIGHEST DEGREE-12/31/97 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 464 |  
            | End: | 465 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -8 DK |              5 |        121,395 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            200 |      4,125,055 |  
            | 1 NO DEGREE |          2,774 |     46,622,719 |  
            | 2 GED |            419 |      8,005,259 |  
            | 3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA |          3,907 |     99,045,292 |  
            | 4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE |            946 |     30,142,715 |  
            | 5 MASTER'S DEGREE |            339 |     10,491,987 |  
            | 6 DOCTORATE DEGREE |            116 |      3,723,752 |  
            | 7 OTHER DEGREE |            434 |     11,776,091 |  
            | 8 UNDER 16 - INAPPLICABLE |          3,305 |     63,070,798 |  
            | TOTAL |         12,445 |    277,125,061 |  
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