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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: REFRL5X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R5 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 476
End: 477

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-1 INAPPLICABLE
183
6,691,871
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,054
147,195,999
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,426
59,389,082
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
141
6,388,780
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,106
101,283,862
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
17
795,615
6 GRANDCHILD
102
4,627,835
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
94
3,794,713
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
60
2,669,125
9 GRANDPARENT
6
256,057
10 AUNT/UNCLE
6
233,001
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
22
1,110,903
91 OTHER RELATED
75
4,160,476
TOTAL
8,292
338,597,320


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