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National Survey of Veterans

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The purpose of the National Survey of Veterans was to obtain current information relevant to the planning and budgeting of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and services and to provide data on current characteristics of the veteran population.

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The survey data also allowed VA to follow trends in the veteran population, compare veterans who use VA programs to those who do not, and provide a current resource of data for policy analyses and future program and facility planning.

Thi s series contains social survey data on the socio-demographic and economic characteristics of veterans including their military background, health status, VA and non-VA benefit usage, anticipated burial plans, and veterans' information sources regarding VA benefits. Data were collected from a sample of the veteran population. Among the variables in the public use microdata files are age, service period, duty status, education, health conditions and disability status, hospitalization, use of VA medical facilities and programs, medical history, insurance coverage, employment and training, income and investments, and assets and debts.

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This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.

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