HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


46. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age

(Numbers in thousands)

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                                          |    Civilian     |
                                          |noninstitutional |                         Civilian labor force
                                          |   population    |
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                                          |        |        |     Total       |    Employed     |            Unemployed
          Veteran status and age          |        |        |                 |                 |
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                                          |  1996  |  1997  |        |        |        |        |     Number      |   Percent of
                                          |        |        |        |        |        |        |                 |   labor force
                                          |        |        |  1996  |  1997  |  1996  |  1997  |                 |
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           VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
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Total, 40 years and over..................|  7,726 |  7,790 |  6,600 |  6,644 |  6,387 |  6,439 |    214 |    206 |   3.2  |   3.1
  40 to 54 years .........................|  6,466 |  6,284 |  5,848 |  5,676 |  5,653 |  5,496 |    194 |    180 |   3.3  |   3.2
     40 to 44 years ......................|  1,243 |  1,002 |  1,121 |    901 |  1,083 |    864 |     39 |     37 |   3.4  |   4.1
     45 to 49 years ......................|  3,038 |  2,683 |  2,763 |  2,436 |  2,670 |  2,366 |     93 |     71 |   3.4  |   2.9
     50 to 54 years ......................|  2,186 |  2,599 |  1,963 |  2,338 |  1,900 |  2,266 |     63 |     72 |   3.2  |   3.1
  55 years and over ......................|  1,260 |  1,506 |    753 |    969 |    733 |    943 |     19 |     26 |   2.6  |   2.7
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               NONVETERANS
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Total, 40 to 54 years ....................| 18,342 | 19,440 | 16,567 | 17,621 | 15,957 | 17,044 |    610 |    577 |   3.7  |   3.3
  40 to 44 years .........................|  8,562 |  8,972 |  7,897 |  8,285 |  7,593 |  8,007 |    303 |    278 |   3.8  |   3.4
  45 to 49 years .........................|  5,807 |  6,212 |  5,265 |  5,639 |  5,075 |  5,460 |    190 |    179 |   3.6  |   3.2
  50 to 54 years .........................|  3,973 |  4,256 |  3,405 |  3,696 |  3,288 |  3,576 |    117 |    120 |   3.4  |   3.2
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   NOTE:  Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975. Nonveterans are
men who have never served in the Armed Forces.  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the
household survey.