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MEPS H79 CODEBOOK
2003 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA FILE
DATE: November 28, 2005

Variable Name: RFREL03X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS-12/31/03 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 287
End: 288

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT03F
-8 DK
1
1,533
-7 REFUSED
1
10,127
0 SELF
13,071
128,423,381
1 MOTHER
319
1,887,509
2 FATHER
97
701,349
3 SISTER/STEP/HALF
178
942,106
4 BROTHER/STEP/HALF
242
1,442,242
5 DAUGHTER/ADOPTED DAUGHTER
5,687
41,603,934
6 SON/ADOPTED SON
6,130
46,714,329
7 WIFE/SPOUSE
3,493
32,473,242
8 HUSBAND/SPOUSE
2,592
23,605,073
9 MOTHER-IN-LAW
67
429,994
10 FATHER-IN-LAW
28
173,129
11 SISTER-IN-LAW
35
108,208
12 BROTHER-IN-LAW
45
135,175
13 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
46
202,257
14 SON-IN-LAW
66
272,345
16 STEPFATHER
7
37,720
17 STEPDAUGHTER
63
334,428
18 STEPSON
67
465,250
19 GRANDMOTHER
29
231,645
20 GRANDFATHER
4
4,453
21 AUNT
12
36,888
22 UNCLE
16
122,763
23 NIECE
96
342,688
24 NEPHEW
102
377,615
25 COUSIN
54
266,894
26 GRANDSON
439
2,174,685
27 GRANDDAUGHTER
394
1,846,252
28 FEMALE PARTNER
295
2,060,027
29 MALE PARTNER
373
2,339,526
30 MOTHER'S PARTNER
1
6,311
31 FATHER'S PARTNER
2
12,228
32 DAUGHTER OF PARTNER
41
239,190
33 SON OF PARTNER
42
257,062
36 GREAT GRANDFATHER
1
16,536
37 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER
6
22,059
38 GREAT GRANDSON
11
25,881
41 GREAT NIECE
5
18,616
42 GREAT NEPHEW
4
6,366
45 FOSTER DAUGHTER
11
61,357
46 FOSTER SON
19
95,245
91 OTHER RELATED, SPECIFY
23
76,817
TOTAL
34,215
290,604,436


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