|  | 
      
        | Download Data Files — Codebook |  
 
        
          | 
          
            | MEPS HC-86 |  
            | PANEL 8 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 26, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RACEX |  
            | Description: | RACE (EDITED/IMPUTED) |  
            | Format: | 1.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 424 |  
            | End: | 424 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | 1 WHITE - NO OTHER RACE REPORTED |         12,472 |    240,236,382 |  
            | 2 BLACK - NO OTHER RACE REPORTED |          2,614 |     37,102,809 |  
            | 3 AMER INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE - NO OTH RAC |            120 |      1,907,801 |  
            | 4 ASIAN - NO OTHER RACE REPORTED |            681 |     11,800,703 |  
            | 5 NATIVE HAWAIIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER-NO OTHR |             64 |        995,891 |  
            | 6 MULTIPLE RACES REPORTED |            305 |      5,212,197 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,256 |    297,255,784 |  
 Return to list of variables
 
 |  |  |