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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H71 CODEBOOK
PANEL 6 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE
DATE: May 22, 2013

Variable Name: EDUCYEAR
Description: YEARS OF EDUC WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 457
End: 458

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
3
58,044
-8 DK
105
1,387,623
-7 REFUSED
12
149,539
-1 INAPPLICABLE
2,046
26,141,120
0 NO SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN ONLY
900
10,362,894
1 - 8 ELEMENTARY GRADES 1 - 8
4,279
48,980,059
9 - 11 HIGH SCHOOL GRADES 9 - 11
2,878
35,706,138
12 GRADE 12
4,885
70,482,742
13 1 YEAR COLLEGE
949
14,063,473
14 2 YEARS COLLEGE
1,594
24,810,510
15 3 YEARS COLLEGE
538
8,479,862
16 4 YEARS COLLEGE
1,808
31,001,258
17 5+ YEARS COLLEGE
1,138
19,945,185
TOTAL
21,135
291,568,448


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