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MEPS HC-036: MEPS 1996-2019 Pooled Linkage File for Common Variance Structure |
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Release date: July 2021
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This file is provided for use with pooled or individual year data from the MEPS FY 1996-2019 public use files (HC-012, HC-020, HC-028, HC-038, HC-050, HC-060, HC-070, HC-079, HC-089, HC-097, HC-105, HC-113, HC-121, HC-129, HC-138, HC-147, HC-155, HC-163, HC-171, HC-181, HC-192, HC-201, HC-209, and HC-216). Released as an ASCII file (with SAS, STATA, SPSS, and R user statements), a SAS transport file, a SAS V9 file, a XLSX file, and a Stata file, this person-level file contains 1996-2019 combined variance stratum and PSU variables, along with the standard MEPS person ID variables for linking with the 1996-2019 MEPS person-level public use files. There is one record for each of the 433,143 persons who are on the MEPS FY 1996-2019 public use files.
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Documentation |
PDF (358 KB)
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Codebook |
PDF (302 KB)
/ HTML*
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SAS Programming Statements |
TXT (31 KB) |
SPSS Programming Statements |
TXT (6.5 KB) |
STATA Programming Statements |
TXT (10 KB) |
R Programming Statements |
TXT (4.5 KB) |
Data File, ASCII format |
ZIP (2.4 MB)
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Data File, SAS transport format |
ZIP (3.7 MB)
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Data File, SAS V9 format |
ZIP (5.0 MB)
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Data File, Stata format |
ZIP (3.6 MB)
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Data File, XLSX format |
ZIP (16 MB)
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— see Survey Questionnaires
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*The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable.
**Right-click on the data file link, then select Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file.
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