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            | MEPS HC-98 |  
            | PANEL 9 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 24, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RTHLTH3 |  
            | Description: | PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS - R3 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 942 |  
            | End: | 943 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              1 |         16,145 |  
            | -8 DK |              6 |        106,973 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |            409 |      7,303,360 |  
            | 1 EXCELLENT |          4,569 |     91,409,978 |  
            | 2 VERY GOOD |          4,815 |     94,231,636 |  
            | 3 GOOD |          4,366 |     75,121,532 |  
            | 4 FAIR |          1,455 |     23,237,067 |  
            | 5 POOR |            491 |      8,486,582 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,112 |    299,913,273 |  
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