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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: MARRY53X
Description: MARITAL STATUS - R5/3 (EDITED/IMPUTED)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 216
End: 217

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW
6
51,242
-7 REFUSED
15
65,559
-1 INAPPLICABLE
148
2,565,934
1 MARRIED
7,428
130,995,315
2 WIDOWED
1,228
15,564,690
3 DIVORCED
1,882
26,774,050
4 SEPARATED
308
4,190,330
5 NEVER MARRIED
4,571
88,384,592
6 UNDER AGE 16 - INAPPLICABLE
3,150
62,382,668
7 MARRIED IN ROUND
68
1,509,975
8 WIDOWED IN ROUND
33
523,857
9 DIVORCED IN ROUND
48
850,353
10 SEPARATED IN ROUND
34
671,707
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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