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            | MEPS HC-98 |  
            | PANEL 9 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 24, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | FLSTATY2 |  
            | Description: | PERSON'S FILING STATUS |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 558 |  
            | End: | 559 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              1 |         30,183 |  
            | -8 DK |            125 |      2,448,682 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             13 |        280,835 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          9,856 |    166,081,864 |  
            | 1 SINGLE |          2,674 |     61,981,961 |  
            | 2 MARRIED FILING JOINT RETURN |          2,438 |     52,694,028 |  
            | 3 MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY |            193 |      3,218,035 |  
            | 4 HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD W/ QUALIFYING PERSON |            803 |     13,032,933 |  
            | 5 QUALIFYING WIDOWER W/ DEPENDENT |              9 |        144,752 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,112 |    299,913,273 |  
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