American Community Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2005

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USA_2005_CS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Veteran, served during WWII era (US2005A_0477)

Data file: USA2005-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 381

End: 381

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

20. Has this person ever served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, military Reserves, or National Guard?

Active duty does not include training for the Reserves or National Guard, but does include activation, for example, for the Person Gulf War.

[] Yes, now on active duty
[] Yes, on active duty during the last 12 months, but not now
[] Yes, on active duty in past, but not during the last 12 months
[] No, training for Reserves or National Guard only -->Skip to question 23
[] No, never served in the military -->Skip to question 23

21. When did this person serve on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces?

Mark (X) a box for each period in which this person served.

[] September 2001 or later
[] August 1990 to August 2001 (including Persian Gulf War)
[] September 1980 to July 1990
[] May 1975 to August 1980
[] Vietnam era (August 1964 to April 1975)
[] March 1961 to July 1964
[] February 1955 to February 1961
[] Korean War (June 1950 to January 1955)
[] January 1947 to June 1950
[] World War II (December 1941 to December 1946)
[] November 1941 or earlier

Value	Category
0	NIU (not in universe)
1	No
2	Yes, served this period

Description

Definition

This variable indicates whether persons were engaged in active-duty military service in the armed forces of the United States during the World War II era (between September, 1940 and July, 1947 for all samples except the 2003 ACS, which defines the World War II era as December, 1941 through December, 1946). It includes those on active duty in the United States Army, Air Force (which was part of the Army during World War II), Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during this period, and it excludes those in the National Guard and military Reserves, unless they were called to active duty. Men who served in the Merchant Marine during this period were included in the veteran definition in 1990.

Universe

Persons with Veteran status

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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