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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H97 CODEBOOK
2005 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA FILE
DATE: May 22, 2008

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 254
End: 255

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT05F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
66
119,067
-8 DK
121
841,629
-7 REFUSED
18
7,662
1 NO DEGREE
6,494
41,891,939
2 GED
1,111
9,233,671
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
10,385
102,273,857
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
3,022
37,234,762
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
1,149
13,879,796
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
316
3,945,718
7 OTHER DEGREE
1,547
16,488,023
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
9,732
70,268,879
TOTAL
33,961
296,185,002


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