Pay and benefits for military personnel

milpay

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question As you know, this country stopped the military draft in 1972. Since that time we have relied on volunteers. Now I'd like to ask you a few questions about our armed forces. B. How do you feel about the pay and benefits that people in the armed forces receive? Would you say the pay and benefits should be larger than they are now, should they be smaller, or are they about the right amount?

Values

[1] should be larger
[2] about right
[3] should be smaller
[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(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

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
-	1982, 1983

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for milpay.

Counts by year:

year	iap	should be larger	about right	should be smaller	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1982	-	683	897	33	227	20	-	1860
1983	-	434	925	33	202	5	-	1599
Total	0	1117	1822	66	429	25	0	3459