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            | MEPS H35 CODEBOOK |  
            | PANEL 2 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE |  
            | DATE:      May 23, 2013 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | HIDEGY2 |  
            | Description: | HIGHEST DEGREE AS OF 12/31/98 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 466 |  
            | End: | 467 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -8 DK |              6 |         64,714 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              1 |         39,048 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            183 |      3,558,016 |  
            | 1 NO DEGREE |          2,673 |     44,574,879 |  
            | 2 GED |            394 |      7,769,526 |  
            | 3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA |          3,941 |     98,231,359 |  
            | 4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE |            962 |     31,035,763 |  
            | 5 MASTER'S DEGREE |            364 |     11,438,348 |  
            | 6 DOCTORATE DEGREE |            129 |      3,946,709 |  
            | 7 OTHER DEGREE |            452 |     12,328,118 |  
            | 8 UNDER 16 - INAPPLICABLE |          3,340 |     64,138,581 |  
            | TOTAL |         12,445 |    277,125,061 |  
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