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The tables presented here are preprints of tables 175 and 278 from Final Report PC(l)-lD, which contains additional summary information on the detailed characteristics of the population.
The 23 million veterans in the U.S. were generally younger, more mobile, and had a higher average income than nonveterans. Approximately two-fifths of all civilian males 14 years old and over had served in the Armed Forces of this country during the Korean War, World War II, World War I, or other war or peacetime service.
As a group, the men who reported that they had served in the Armed Forces of the United States were seven years younger than those who had not been in the service. The median age of veterans of all periods of service was 38.2 years for the country as a whole.
The educational attainment of the veteran population as measured by the median number of years of school completed was greater than that of the nonveteran population. For veterans the median years of school completed was 12.1 years as compared to 9.4 years for nonveterans.
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