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1970 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1970
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USA_1970_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Veteran status (US1970A_VETSTAT)

Data file: USA1970_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 337
End: 337
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="em">23. When was this person born? </span><div class="i1">[] Born before April 1956 - Please go on with questions 24 through 41.<br />[] Born April 1956 or later - Please omit questions 24 through 41 and go to the next page for the next person.</div><p>[15%]
<br /><span class="em">26.</span> If this is a man -</p>
<div class="i1"><span class="em">a. Has he ever served in the Army, Navy, or other Armed Forces of the United States? </span></div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div><div class="i1">"Mark <span class="em">Yes</span> if he was ever on active duty in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, no matter how short a time he served. Count only <span class="em">active</span> duty in National Guard or Reserves. Mark <span class="em">No</span> if he had only civilian duty in the Armed Forces or merchant marine. Mark <span class="em">No</span> if he was in the National Guard or Reserves, but was not called to active duty. Mark <span class="em">No</span> if his only military service in the Armed Forces of another country."</div><div class="i1"><span class="em">b. Was it during - </span>(Fill the circle for each period of service.)</div><div class="i2">[] Vietnam Conflict (Since Aug. 1964)<br />[] Korean War (June 1950 to Jan. 1955)<br />[] World War II (Sept. 1940 to July 1947)<br />[] World War I (April 1917 to Nov. 1918)<br />[] Any other time</div>
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 whether the respondent was a veteran or not.
Universe
United States 1970: Men age 14+, not currently in armed forces [discrepancies: none]

concept

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