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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: NWK31
Description: REASON NOT WORKING DURING RD 3/1
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1014
End: 1016

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
184
2,788,593
-8 DON'T KNOW
67
1,343,737
-7 REFUSED
196
3,933,571
-1 INAPPLICABLE
12,202
233,392,596
1 COULD NOT FIND WORK
214
3,736,946
2 RETIRED
3,282
43,165,597
3 UNABLE TO WORK BECAUSE ILL/DISABLED
1,191
16,156,169
4 GOING TO SCHOOL
616
14,151,239
5 TAKING CARE OF HOME OR FAMILY
655
10,574,416
6 DON'T WANT TO WORK
107
1,932,923
91 OTHER
205
3,354,487
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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