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            | MEPS HC-86 |  
            | PANEL 8 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 26, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RFREL2X |  
            | Description: | RELATION TO REF PERS-R2 (EDIT/IMP) |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 523 |  
            | End: | 524 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              1 |         21,964 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            422 |      7,190,945 |  
            | 0 SELF |          6,422 |    127,833,591 |  
            | 1 MOTHER |            119 |      1,801,310 |  
            | 2 FATHER |             46 |        749,492 |  
            | 3 SISTER/STEP/HALF |             79 |      1,027,178 |  
            | 4 BROTHER/STEP/HALF |            110 |      1,515,953 |  
            | 5 DAUGHTER/ADOPTED DAUGHTER |          2,581 |     40,994,696 |  
            | 6 SON/ADOPTED SON |          2,790 |     46,006,190 |  
            | 7 WIFE/SPOUSE |          1,647 |     32,811,700 |  
            | 8 HUSBAND/SPOUSE |          1,139 |     22,977,854 |  
            | 9 MOTHER-IN-LAW |             16 |        252,535 |  
            | 10 FATHER-IN-LAW |             10 |        129,568 |  
            | 11 SISTER-IN-LAW |              8 |         46,428 |  
            | 12 BROTHER-IN-LAW |             13 |        153,820 |  
            | 13 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW |             13 |        224,797 |  
            | 14 SON-IN-LAW |             22 |        346,870 |  
            | 16 STEPFATHER |              4 |         39,192 |  
            | 17 STEPDAUGHTER |             13 |        246,627 |  
            | 18 STEPSON |             20 |        416,078 |  
            | 19 GRANDMOTHER |             18 |        357,142 |  
            | 20 GRANDFATHER |              1 |          3,108 |  
            | 21 AUNT |              6 |         72,572 |  
            | 22 UNCLE |              8 |        131,724 |  
            | 23 NIECE |             36 |        463,525 |  
            | 24 NEPHEW |             42 |        426,729 |  
            | 25 COUSIN |             14 |        200,120 |  
            | 26 GRANDSON |            164 |      2,264,464 |  
            | 27 GRANDDAUGHTER |            161 |      1,962,633 |  
            | 28 FEMALE PARTNER |            130 |      2,679,156 |  
            | 29 MALE PARTNER |            154 |      3,088,116 |  
            | 30 MOTHER'S PARTNER |              3 |         30,326 |  
            | 32 DAUGHTER OF PARTNER |             14 |        290,842 |  
            | 33 SON OF PARTNER |             13 |        232,490 |  
            | 38 GREAT GRANDSON |              3 |         39,274 |  
            | 41 GREAT NIECE |              1 |         33,953 |  
            | 42 GREAT NEPHEW |              1 |         12,206 |  
            | 45 FOSTER DAUGHTER |              2 |         19,347 |  
            | 46 FOSTER SON |              7 |         85,424 |  
            | 91 OTHER RELATED, SPECIFY |              3 |         75,847 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,256 |    297,255,784 |  
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