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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: HIDEGYR
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE EARNED
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 256
End: 257

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT99F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
123
1,451,153
-8 DK
93
911,745
-7 REFUSED
14
163,334
1 NO DEGREE
4,439
41,492,523
2 GED
809
8,996,268
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
7,957
95,427,631
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
2,210
31,248,701
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
825
11,035,574
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
237
3,317,373
7 OTHER DEGREE
1,075
13,369,211
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
6,836
68,997,253
TOTAL
24,618
276,410,767


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