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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
Producer(s)
U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Veteran status (US1980A_0501)

Data file: USA1980-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 372
End: 372
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
18a. Is this person a veteran of active-duty military service in the Armed Forces of the United States?

If service was in National Guard or Reserves only, see instruction guide.

[] Yes
[] No -- Skip to 19


[Mark yes if this person was ever on active duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, even if the time served was short. For persons in the National Guard or military reserve units, mark yes only if the person was ever called to active duty; mark No if the only service was active duty for training.]
Categories
Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 No Service
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 if the individual is a veteran of war or not.
Universe
Persons age 16+, not currently in armed forces

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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