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            | MEPS HC-86 |  
            | PANEL 8 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 26, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RTHLTH1 |  
            | Description: | PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS - RD 1 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 966 |  
            | End: | 967 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              1 |          2,276 |  
            | -8 DK |              7 |        132,101 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |              1 |         27,062 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            530 |      8,895,992 |  
            | 1 EXCELLENT |          5,022 |     98,202,834 |  
            | 2 VERY GOOD |          4,483 |     86,307,828 |  
            | 3 GOOD |          3,976 |     68,694,215 |  
            | 4 FAIR |          1,660 |     26,177,395 |  
            | 5 POOR |            576 |      8,816,082 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,256 |    297,255,784 |  
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