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Information on veteran status and period of military service is collected in the American Community Survey (ACS), the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), and the Current Population Survey (CPS). Previously, information was also collected in the 1840, 1890, 1910, and 1930-2000 decennial censuses.
Veteran status, including period of military service, is used primarily by the Department of Veterans Affairs to measure the needs of veterans and to evaluate the impact of veterans' programs dealing with education, employment, and health care. These data are needed to conduct policy analysis, program planning, and budgeting, for Federal veterans' programs and for reports to Congress on state projections of veterans' facilities and services.
For more information about data uses, see the Subjects Planned for the 2010 Census and American Community Survey.
For definitions and explanations of veterans concepts, see the American Community Survey – Subject Definitions.
