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MEPS HC-036: MEPS 1996-2007 Pooled Estimation Linkage File
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Release date: November 2009

This file is provided for use with pooled data from the MEPS FY 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 public use files (HC-012, HC-020, HC-028, HC-038, HC-050, HC-060, HC-070, HC-079, HC-089, HC-097, HC105, and HC-113 respectively). Released as an ASCII file (with SAS programming statements) and in SAS transport format, this person-level file contains 1996-2007 combined variance stratum and PSU variables, along with the standard MEPS person ID variables for linking with the 1996-2007 MEPS person-level public use files. There is one record for each of the 202,468 persons who are on the MEPS FY 1996-2007 public use files.



Documentation
File type
Documentation PDF (98 KB) / HTML
Codebook PDF (36 KB) / HTML*
SAS Programming Statements ASCII format (14 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements ASCII format (4.6 KB)

Data
File type**
Data File, ASCII format ZIP (1.2 MB) / EXE (1.3 MB)
Data File, SAS transport format ZIP (1.7 MB) / EXE (1.8 MB)


Questionnaires — see Survey Questionnaires
*The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable.
**Right-click on the data file link, then select Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file.

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