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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-252
PANEL 27 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE:September 10, 2025

Variable Name: EMPST5
Description: EMPLOYMENT STATUS R5
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1749
End: 1751

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
12
325,383
-8 DK
21
955,940
-7 REFUSED
34
1,364,148
-1 INAPPLICABLE
1,520
69,369,378
1 EMPLOYED AT RD 5 INT DATE
3,774
166,748,609
2 JOB TO RETURN TO AT RD 5 INT DATE
16
722,176
3 JOB DURING RD 5 REF PERIOD
224
9,099,650
4 NOT EMPLOYED DURING RD 5
2,691
90,012,037
TOTAL
8,292
338,597,320


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