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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: REFRL3X
Description: RELATION TO REF PERS- R3 (EDIT/IMP)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 472
End: 473

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-1 INAPPLICABLE
137
6,104,183
1 HOUSEHOLD REFERENCE PERSON
4,033
146,147,495
2 SPOUSE (HUSBAND/WIFE)
1,453
60,185,974
3 UNMARRIED PARTNER
158
7,083,934
4 CHILD - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
2,081
99,998,316
5 CHILD OF PARTNER
20
879,519
6 GRANDCHILD
109
4,775,125
7 PARENT - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
108
4,131,458
8 SIBLING - BIOLOGICAL/ADOPT/STEP
70
3,157,089
9 GRANDPARENT
5
225,135
10 AUNT/UNCLE
4
165,445
11 NIECE/NEPHEW
25
1,234,314
91 OTHER RELATED
89
4,509,333
TOTAL
8,292
338,597,320


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