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Years in armed forces
Variable: vetyears
Module:
Military Service & Work
Subject:
Military
,
Veteran Status
Related Variables
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Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

Have you ever been on active duty for military training or service for two consecutive months or more?
IF YES: What was your total time on active duty?

Year Availability
Available in 19 of 32 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
0 None
1 Less than 2 yrs
2 2 to 4 years
3 More than 4 yrs
4 Some,dk how long
-1 Not applicable
9 No answer
1974 1975 1977 1978 1982 1983 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
1142 1162 1188 1205 1543 1301 1205 1236 816 820 759 865 856 425 1825 1745 2242 2557 2098
65 84 72 65 58 58 50 68 35 36 36 35 40 17 48 49 66 60 55
184 189 198 184 190 181 136 175 90 87 89 86 84 37 106 107 131 132 101
85 53 64 73 58 56 54 52 41 43 33 34 42 26 63 70 96 111 91
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 493 531 444 493 526 2485 0 0 0 0 0
3 2 8 5 11 3 28 3 6 20 11 4 58 2 1 3 1 7 3
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 27282
Missing cases 35184