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Census of Population and Housing 1980 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Armed forces 5 years ago (US1980A_0486)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 356
End: 356
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
17a. On active duty in the Armed Forces?

[] Yes
[] No


[Mark yes only if this person was on active duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard. Mark no if the person was in the National Guard or the reserves.]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No
2 Yes
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 indicates whether respondents were in the armed forces five years earlier.
Universe
Persons age 16+

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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