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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: NWK5
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING R5
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2042
End: 2043

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-8 DK
24
963,636
-7 REFUSED
28
1,203,888
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,534
245,939,813
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
72
3,197,720
2 RETIRED
1,662
50,589,652
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
357
10,890,380
4 GOING TO SCHOOL
271
12,566,573
5 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
248
9,173,802
6 DON'T WANT TO WORK
39
1,583,226
91 OTHER
57
2,488,630
TOTAL
8,292
338,597,320


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