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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: REFRL4X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R4 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 474
End: 475

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-1 INAPPLICABLE
159
6,173,630
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,050
147,168,447
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,438
59,733,753
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
151
6,789,974
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,092
100,706,133
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
16
705,878
6 GRANDCHILD
109
4,783,104
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
97
3,679,409
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
65
2,891,961
9 GRANDPARENT
6
294,314
10 AUNT/UNCLE
5
177,273
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
24
1,167,054
91 OTHER RELATED
80
4,326,390
TOTAL
8,292
338,597,320


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