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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: REFRL23X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS-12/31/23 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 270
End: 271

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-7 REFUSED
1
27,655
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
9,023
147,096,941
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
3,482
61,341,095
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
407
6,733,849
4 CHILD BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
4,888
101,104,684
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
56
851,733
6 GRANDCHILD
333
5,658,434
7 PARENT BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
234
3,410,712
8 SIBLING BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
165
2,752,093
9 GRANDPARENT
13
248,096
10 AUNT/UNCLE
12
156,447
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
66
1,104,776
91 OTHER RELATED
239
4,043,758
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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