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2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2000
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USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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Veteran status (US2000A_VETSTAT)

Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 416
End: 416
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="US00A446 US00A447 US00A448 US00A449 US00A452 US00A453 US00A454 US00A455 US00A456 US00A458 US00A461 US00A462 US00A463 US00A464 US00A465 US00A466 US00A469 US00A470 US00A471 US00A474 US00A485 US00A486 US00A491 US00A492 US00A493 US00A494 US00A495 US00A496 US00A497 US00A498 US00A499 US00A500 US00A501 US00A502 US00A503 US00A504 US00A506 US00A507 US00A564 US00A575 US00A576 US00A578 US00A579 US00A584 US00A585 US00A587 US00A588 US00A600 US00A606"><span class="em">18. Was this person under 15 years of age on April 1, 2000?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] Yes [Go on to question 33]<br />[] No</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a=" US00A491 US00A495" v="US00A446 US00A491 US00A495"><span class="em">20. a. Has this person ever served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, military Reserves, or National Guard? </span>Active duty does not include training for the Reserves or National Guard, but DOES include activation, for example, for the Persian Gulf War.<br /><div class="i1">[] Yes, now on active duty<br />[] Yes, on active duty in past, but not now<br />[] No, training for Reserves or National Guard only [Go on to question 21]<br />[] No, never served in the military [Go on to question 21]</div><br /></svar>
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 persons were currently in the armed forces.
Universe
United States 2000: Persons age 17+ [discrepancies: none]

concept

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