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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 251
2023 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 12, 2025

Variable Name: EDUCYR
Description: YEARS OF EDUC WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 244
End: 245

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
128
1,987,813
-7 REFUSED
39
577,624
-1 INAPPLICABLE
1,039
22,555,792
0 NO SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN ONLY
487
9,166,377
1-8 ELEMENTARY GRADES 1 - 8
2,573
43,066,372
9-11 HIGH SCHOOL GRADES 9 - 11
1,646
26,428,015
12 GRADE 12
4,497
78,395,777
13 1 YEAR COLLEGE
877
16,459,883
14 2 YEARS COLLEGE
1,861
33,743,663
15 3 YEARS COLLEGE
463
8,608,717
16 4 YEARS COLLEGE
3,020
54,335,546
17 5+ YEARS COLLEGE
2,289
39,204,693
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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