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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-252
PANEL 27 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE:September 10, 2025

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 440
End: 441

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-8 DK
45
1,830,615
-7 REFUSED
21
634,239
1 NO DEGREE
989
31,623,747
2 GED
252
9,592,996
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
2,521
103,476,840
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
1,365
56,861,708
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
691
28,053,187
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
204
8,107,123
7 OTHER DEGREE
675
27,310,561
8 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
1,529
71,106,305
TOTAL
8,292
338,597,320


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