2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015

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Reference ID

USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

United States Census Bureau, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 01, 2025

Last modified

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Veteran status (US2015A_VETSTAT)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 633

End: 634

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

26. Has this person ever served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserves, or National Guard? </p>
<div class="i1">Mark (X) one box. <br /><br />[] Never served in the military [Skip to question 29a]<br />[] Only on active duty for training in the Reserves or National Guard [Skip to question 28a]<br />[] Now on active duty<br />[] On active duty in the past, but not now</div>

Categories

Value	Category
00	NIU (not in universe)
11	No military service
12	Military service, but currently on active duty
13	Training for Reserves or National Guard only
20	Veteran (on active duty in past but not now)

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 the person has veteran status.

Universe

United States 2015: Persons age 17+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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