2015 The Puerto Rico Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

Puerto Rico, 2011 - 2015

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Reference ID

PRI_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS

Metadata

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Veteran status (PR2015A_VETSTAT)

Data file: PRI2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 581

End: 582

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

26. Has this person ever served on active duty in the US 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
03	No military service
04	Military service, but currently on active duty
05	Training for Reserves or National Guard only
06	Veteran (on active duty in past but not now)
99	NIU (not in universe)

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

Puerto Rico 2015: Persons age 17+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

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