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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: HIDEG
Description: HIGHEST DEGREE WHEN FIRST ENTERED MEPS
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 246
End: 247

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
121
2,057,637
-7 REFUSED
37
529,935
1 NO DEGREE
2,164
30,515,046
2 GED
604
10,077,435
3 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
5,726
102,480,572
4 BACHELOR'S DEGREE
3,122
55,587,713
5 MASTER'S DEGREE
1,597
27,625,432
6 DOCTORATE DEGREE
538
9,440,390
7 OTHER DEGREE
1,550
28,050,316
8 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
3,460
68,165,797
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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