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1990 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1990
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USA_1990_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Veteran, served May 1975 to August 1980 (US1990A_VET75X80)

Data file: USA1990_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 410
End: 410
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US90A496 US90A497 US90A498 US90A499 US90A500 US90A501 US90A502 US90A503"><span class="em">17b. Was active-duty military service during --</span><br /><div class="i1">Fill a circle for each period in which this person served.<br /><br />[] September 1980 or later<br />[] May 1975 to August 1980<br />[] Vietnam era (August 1964 - April 1975)<br />[] February 1955 - July 1964<br />[] Korean conflict (June 1950 - January 1955)<br />[] World War II (September 1940 - July 1947)<br />[] World War I (April 1917 - November 1918)<br />[] Any other time</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
0 No or N/A
1 Yes, served this period
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 persons were engaged in active-duty military service in the armed forces of the United States between May, 1975 and August, 1980.
Universe
United States 1990: All persons

concept

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