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2005 Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2001 - 2005
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PRI_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Years of active-duty military service (PR2005A_VETYRS)

Data file: PRI2005_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 372
End: 372
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a=" PR05A471 PR05A472 PR05A473 PR05A475 PR05A476 PR05A477 PR05A478 PR05A561 PR05A562 PR05A563" v="PR05A471 PR05A472 PR05A473 PR05A474 PR05A475 PR05A476 PR05A477 PR05A478 PR05A561 PR05A562 PR05A563">21. When did this person serve on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces?<br /><div class="i1">Mark [X] in a box for each period in which this person served.<br />[] September 2001 or later<br />[] August 1990 to August 2001 (including Persian Gulf War)<br />[] September 1980 to July 1990<br />[] May 1975 to August 1980<br />[] Vietnam era (August 1964 to April 1975)<br />[] March 1961 to July 1964<br />[] February 1955 to February 1961<br />[] Korean War (June 1950 to January 1955)<br />[] January 1947 to June 1950<br />[] World War II (December 1941 to December 1946)<br />[] November 1941 or earlier</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 2 years of service or less
2 More than 2 years of service
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable reports the total years of active duty military service for veterans and those currently on active duty.
Universe
Puerto Rico 2005: Persons age 17+ with veteran status [discrepancies: type I 0.1%; type II none]

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