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MEPS HC 251

2023 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 12, 2025

Variable Name:	PROXY53
Description:	WAS RESPONDENT A PROXY IN R5/3
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	110
End:	111

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE	137	2,338,122
1 RESPONDENT IS RU MEMBER	18,683	330,599,967
2 RESPONDENT IS A PROXY	99	1,592,184
TOTAL	18,919	334,530,273

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