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            | MEPS HC-86 |  
            | PANEL 8 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 26, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | BEGRFM2 |  
            | Description: | R2 REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 261 |  
            | End: | 262 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              2 |         10,075 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            422 |      7,190,945 |  
            | 1 JANUARY |             24 |        228,584 |  
            | 2 FEBRUARY |          2,828 |     46,859,156 |  
            | 3 MARCH |          5,571 |    100,454,253 |  
            | 4 APRIL |          3,417 |     64,045,775 |  
            | 5 MAY |          2,007 |     39,317,928 |  
            | 6 JUNE |          1,149 |     22,484,844 |  
            | 7 JULY |            790 |     15,886,528 |  
            | 8 AUGUST |             25 |        387,292 |  
            | 9 SEPTEMBER |             15 |        308,557 |  
            | 10 OCTOBER |              4 |         48,805 |  
            | 11 NOVEMBER |              2 |         33,042 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,256 |    297,255,784 |  
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