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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H38 CODEBOOK
1999 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA FILE
DATE: July 18, 2005

Variable Name: EDUCYEAR
Description: COMPLETED YEARS OF EDUCATION
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 254
End: 255

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT99F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
31
31,271
-8 DK
182
1,732,442
-7 REFUSED
17
192,050
-1 INAPPLICABLE
2,247
24,103,630
0 NEVER ATTENDED SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN
1,054
9,928,057
1 - 8 ELEMENTARY GRADES 1 - 8
5,087
46,582,265
9 - 11 HIGH SCHOOL GRADES 9 - 11
3,362
35,372,113
12 GRADE 12
5,694
67,491,134
13 1 YEAR COLLEGE
1,119
13,780,313
14 2 YEARS COLLEGE
1,855
22,814,498
15 3 YEARS COLLEGE
598
7,531,441
16 4 YEARS COLLEGE
2,030
28,845,759
17 5+ YEARS COLLEGE
1,342
18,005,795
TOTAL
24,618
276,410,767


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