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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: MARRY31X
Description: MARITAL STATUS - R3/1 (EDITED/IMPUTED)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 212
End: 213

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
1
6,696
-7 REFUSED
7
46,324
-1 INAPPLICABLE
294
2,815,351
1 MARRIED
7,508
132,990,844
2 WIDOWED
1,181
15,147,899
3 DIVORCED
1,828
26,079,669
4 SEPARATED
267
3,563,901
5 NEVER MARRIED
4,434
87,254,070
6 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
3,225
63,838,541
7 MARRIED IN ROUND
39
700,970
8 WIDOWED IN ROUND
47
632,053
9 DIVORCED IN ROUND
38
569,257
10 SEPARATED IN ROUND
50
884,699
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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