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Veterans Working Papers
Veterans Working Papers
Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.
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View the list of working papers by year.
Working Paper
Service over College
This study investigates whether military service acts a bridge to better economic outcomes for non-college degreed women who served in the Post-9/11 period.
Working Paper
The Disability of Veterans
This analysis evaluates how the ACS question on VA service-connected disability status relates to the series of questions about functional disability status.
Working Paper
Market Research Tools for Veteran Small Businesses
The veteran question has been revised and expanded to collect information on whether the veteran was service-disabled, served on active duty.
Working Paper
Evaluation of the Revised Veteran Status Question in the 2013 ACS
This report evaluates how well the revised veteran status question on the 2013 ACS performed in its ability to capture quality data compared with prior years.
Working Paper
Introduction to Veteran Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau
This slideshow presents information on the history of the veterans' questions on Census Bureau surveys and gives users guidance on accessing our data.
Working Paper
SIPP-EHC 2011 Armed Forces Evaluation
This evaluation compares the Armed Forces content on the Survey of Income and Program Participation 2011 test with SIPP 2008 and the American Community Survey.
Working Paper
Veterans Data from the ACS and Decennial Censuses
Download and veiw the Veterans Data from the ACS and Decennial Census presentation.
Working Paper
2010 ACS Content Test Evaluation Report Covering Military POS
This report evaluates the 2010 ACS Content Test to simplify the period of military service question and to improve the quality of the data for this topic.
Working Paper
2010 ACS Content Test Evaluation Report Covering Veteran Status
This report evaluates the 2010 ACS Content Test to simplify the veteran identification question and generate more reliable and accurate estimates of veterans.
Working Paper
2010 ACS Content Test Evaluation Report: Military Service
To evaluate proposed changes to the content of the American Community Survey (ACS), the Census Bureau conducted the 2010 ACS Content Test.
Working Paper
Post-9/11 Women Veterans
This analysis investigates how Post 9/11 women veterans are different from their predecessors, in terms of their post-military social and economic outcomes.
Working Paper
Evaluation of New Content on the 2008 American Community Survey
This report evaluates how well ACS performed in its ability to capture quality data from new questions on service-connected disability and ratings.
Working Paper
Educational Attainment of Veterans: 2007
This analysis of school enrollment and educational attainment of veterans serves as a baseline for future studies of the impact of the new GI Bill.
Working Paper
We Want You! Human Capital in the Veteran Earnings Differential
This paper uses a human capital framework to determine whether and how veterans’ post-military earnings are different from similar non-veterans.
Working Paper
ACS and ASEC Data on Veteran Status & Period of Military Service: 2007
Comparison of national and state distributions of veteran status and period of military service between 2007 ACS and 2007 ASEC.
Working Paper
Counting Women Veterans: Sources of Data from the U.S. Census Bureau
This presentation introduces sources of women veterans’ data available from some of the household surveys administered by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Working Paper
Exploring the Veteran-Nonveteran Earnings Differential in the 2005 ACS
This analysis investigates the veteran/non-veteran earnings differential for men and women using the 2005 American Community Survey.
Working Paper
Evaluation Report Covering Service-Connected Disability
Service-connected disability was included in the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) Content Test to test whether ACS could provide accurate estimates.
Working Paper
Evaluation Report Covering Military Service Status
Military service status was included in the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) Content Test to improve the accuracy of the count of veterans.
Working Paper
Evaluation Report Covering Period of Military Service
The objective for including the period of military service topic in the 2006 ACS Content Test was to improve the quality of the data for this topic.
Working Paper
Comparison Of ACS And ASEC Data On Veteran Status
This report is one in a series that compares data from the ACS with data from the ASEC to the CPS.
Working Paper
Report 9: Comparing Social Characteristics with Census 2000
Compares results from Census 2000 to results from the American Community Survey for characteristics such as nativity, place of birth, language, and ancestry.
Working Paper
Explaining the Veteran-Non-Veteran Earnings Differential
Veterans have frequently been found to earn more than non-veterans in the civilian labor market, even after controlling for social and demographic variables.
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