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Census of Population and Housing 1960 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1960
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USA_1960_PHC_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Veteran, served during World War II era (September 1940 to July 1947 ) (US1960A_0482)

Data file: USA1960-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 287
End: 287
Width: 1
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
P35. If this is a man - Has he ever served in the Army, Navy, or other Armed Forces of the United States?


[] Yes
[] No



[If Yes] Was it during:
(Check one box on each line)



Korean War (June 1950 to Jan. 1955).


[] Yes
[] No



World War II (Sept. 1940 to July 1947


[] Yes
[] No



World War I (April 1917 to Nov. 1918)


[] Yes
[] No



Any other time, including present service


[] Yes
[] No
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 persons were engaged in active-duty military service in the armed forces of the United States during the World War II era (between September, 1940 and July, 1947 for all samples except the 2003 ACS, which defines the World War II era as December, 1941 through December, 1946).
Universe
Males age 14+, not currently in armed forces

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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