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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 251
2023 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 12, 2025

Variable Name: NWK53
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING RD 5/3
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1019
End: 1020

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
69
932,419
-7 REFUSED
109
1,890,287
-1 INAPPLICABLE
12,520
241,296,954
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
169
2,920,079
2 RETIRED
3,664
47,849,656
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
949
12,996,563
4 GOING TO SCHOOL
636
13,391,201
5 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
573
9,160,174
6 DON'T WANT TO WORK
87
1,570,987
91 OTHER
143
2,521,952
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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