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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS BASEYR02 CODEBOOK
NHEA Aligned MEPS Baseline File 2002
DATE: March 26, 2009

Variable Name: POVCAT
Description: FAMILY INCOME AS PERCENT OF POVERTY LINE
Format: 1.0
Type: NUM
Start: 18
End: 18

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWTP
1 Less than 1.00 times poverty line
14,189
36,068,838
2 1.01 to 1.24 times poverty line
4,523
12,608,748
3 1.25 to 1.99 times poverty line
12,616
40,460,591
4 2.0 to 3.99 times poverty line
21,854
90,237,553
5 4.00 or more times poverty line
20,198
108,806,032
TOTAL
73,380
288,181,763


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