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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-129
2009 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: April 8, 2013

Variable Name: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 255
End: 256

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT09F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
80
92,534
-8 DK
179
960,260
-7 REFUSED
44
220,255
1 NO DEGREE
6,552
40,596,363
2 GED
1,127
9,265,338
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
11,459
104,680,264
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
3,686
40,299,884
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
1,393
16,098,084
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
371
4,693,526
7 OTHER DEGREE
1,825
18,246,351
8 UNDER 16-INAPPLICABLE
10,139
71,507,729
TOTAL
36,855
306,660,588


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