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1980 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1980
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USA_1980_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Armed forces 5 years ago (US1980A_MILIT5YR)

Data file: USA1980_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 382
End: 382
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US80A486"><span class="em">17a. On active duty in the Armed Forces? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><br /><br />[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.]<br /></svar>
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
United States 1980: Persons age 16+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
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