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American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2005
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USA_2005_CS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
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Years of active-duty military service (US2005A_0474)

Data file: USA2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 378
End: 378
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
22. In total, how many years of active-duty military service has this person had?

[] Less than 2 years
[] 2 years or more
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Less than 2 years
2 2
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. Those under age 16 or with no active duty military service are included in "N/A" in 1990, and those under 17 or with no such service are coded "N/A" in the 2000 census, the ACS, and the PRCS.
Universe
Persons with Veteran status

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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