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vetyears

Source

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

Details

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?

Overview

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
2024	-	2980	2	3	123	63	123	15	3309
Total	35008	34636	269	11	2967	1220	1543	45	75699

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