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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-86
PANEL 8 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: October 26, 2017

Variable Name: EDUCYEAR
Description: YEARS OF EDUC WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 481
End: 482

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-8 DK
105
1,475,078
-7 REFUSED
5
80,694
-1 INAPPLICABLE
1,745
26,880,639
0 NO SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN ONLY
698
9,813,255
1 - 8 ELEMENTARY GRADES 1 - 8
3,464
48,268,911
9 - 11 HIGH SCHOOL GRADES 9 - 11
2,163
33,779,388
12 GRADE 12
3,553
70,781,684
13 1 YEAR COLLEGE
733
15,438,928
14 2 YEARS COLLEGE
1,138
25,704,716
15 3 YEARS COLLEGE
396
8,965,252
16 4 YEARS COLLEGE
1,395
34,208,925
17 5+ YEARS COLLEGE
861
21,858,313
TOTAL
16,256
297,255,784


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