vetyears
General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 1604. 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?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | no active duty | no answer | some, don't know how long | yes, 2-4 years | yes, less than 2 years | yes, more than 4 years | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 1142 | 3 | 5 | 184 | 65 | 85 | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 1162 | 2 | - | 189 | 84 | 53 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 1188 | 8 | - | 198 | 72 | 64 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 1205 | 5 | - | 184 | 65 | 73 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 1543 | 11 | - | 190 | 58 | 58 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 1301 | 3 | - | 181 | 58 | 56 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 1205 | 28 | - | 136 | 50 | 54 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 1236 | 3 | - | 175 | 68 | 52 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 493 | 816 | 6 | - | 90 | 35 | 41 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 531 | 820 | 20 | - | 87 | 36 | 43 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 444 | 759 | 11 | - | 89 | 36 | 33 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 493 | 865 | 4 | - | 86 | 35 | 34 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 526 | 856 | 58 | - | 84 | 40 | 42 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2485 | 425 | 2 | - | 37 | 17 | 26 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | - | 1825 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 48 | 63 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | - | 1745 | 3 | - | 107 | 49 | 70 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | - | 2242 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 66 | 96 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | - | 2557 | 7 | - | 132 | 60 | 111 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | - | 2098 | 3 | - | 101 | 55 | 91 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | 3491 | 78 | - | 212 | 87 | 144 | 20 | 4032 |
| 2022 | - | 3175 | 10 | - | 145 | 73 | 131 | 10 | 3544 |
| Total | 35008 | 31656 | 267 | 8 | 2844 | 1157 | 1420 | 30 | 72390 |
0 no active duty
1 yes, less than 2 years
2 yes, 2-4 years
3 yes, more than 4 years
4 some, don't know how long
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook