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            | MEPS HC-98 |  
            | PANEL 9 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 24, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | SEATBE5 |  
            | Description: | WEARS SEAT BELT (>15) - R5 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1522 |  
            | End: | 1523 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              1 |         18,310 |  
            | -8 DK |             43 |        692,123 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             23 |        483,248 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          4,564 |     71,342,716 |  
            | 1 ALWAYS |          9,606 |    188,669,739 |  
            | 2 NEARLY ALWAYS |            914 |     19,674,241 |  
            | 3 SOMETIMES |            515 |     10,120,905 |  
            | 4 SELDOM |            158 |      3,694,803 |  
            | 5 NEVER |            182 |      3,627,731 |  
            | 6 NEVER DRIVES/RIDES IN A CAR |            106 |      1,589,458 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,112 |    299,913,273 |  
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