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            | MEPS HC-98 |  
            | PANEL 9 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 24, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | EMPST3 |  
            | Description: | EMPLOYMENT STATUS R3 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 2347 |  
            | End: | 2348 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |             29 |        540,375 |  
            | -8 DK |              1 |         33,887 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             14 |        288,515 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          4,609 |     71,305,598 |  
            | 1 EMPLOYED AT RD 3 INT DATE |          6,790 |    143,636,104 |  
            | 2 JOB TO RETURN TO AT RD 3 INT DATE |             21 |        404,522 |  
            | 3 JOB DURING RD 3 REF PERIOD |            153 |      2,930,743 |  
            | 4 NOT EMPLOYED DURING RD 3 |          4,495 |     80,773,529 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,112 |    299,913,273 |  
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