Years in armed forces

vetyears

Source

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

Details

Question 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?

Values

• 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(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

year	ballots	availability
1974	-/-/-	full
1975	-/-/-	full
1977	-/-/-	full
1978	-/-/-	full
1982	-/-/-	full
1983	-/-/-	full
1984	-/-/-	full
1985	-/-/-	full
1988	A/B/-	partial
1989	A/B/-	partial
1990	A/B/-	partial
1991	A/B/-	partial
1993	A/B/-	partial
1994	A/B/-	partial
2010	A/B/C	full
2012	A/B/C	full
2014	A/B/C	full
2016	A/B/C	full
2018	A/B/C	full
2021	A/B/C	full
2022	A/B/C	full
2024	A/B/C	full

Link at the GSS

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

See also

Other Military Service & Work: spdays, sphour, vetkind, workdy, workhr