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1960 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Veteran status (US1960A_VETSTAT)

Data file: USA1960_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 295
End: 295
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US60A478 US60A479 US60A481 US60A482 US60A483"><span class="em">P35. If this is a man - Has he ever served in the Army, Navy, or other Armed Forces of the United States? </span><br /><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes <br />[] No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1"><span class="em">[If Yes] Was it during</span>:<br />(Check one box on each line)</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">Korean War (June 1950 to Jan. 1955).</div><br /><div class="i3">[] Yes <br />[] No</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">World War II (Sept. 1940 to July 1947</div><br /><div class="i3">[] Yes <br />[] No</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">World War I (April 1917 to Nov. 1918)</div><br /><div class="i3">[] Yes <br />[] No</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">Any other time, including present service</div><br /><div class="i3">[] Yes <br />[] No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
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 whether the person was a war veteran or not.
Universe
United States 1960: Males age 14+, not currently in armed forces [discrepancies: none]

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