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Table 1.  Employment status of men 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, race, and Hispanic origin, August
Table 2.  Employment status of men 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and age, August 1995, not seasonally
Table 3.  Employed men 18 years and over by occupation, veteran status, and period of service, August 1995, not seasonally
Table 4.  Employment status of male veterans 18 years and over by period of service, presence of service-connected disability,
Table 5.  Employed men 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, presence of service-connected disability, and
Table 6.  Male veterans 18 years and over by period of service, presence of service-connected disability, and use of veterans'
Table 7.  Disabled male veterans 18 years and over by period of service, disability rating, and effect of disability on
Table 8.  Employment status of women 18 years and over by veteran status and period of service, August 1995, not seasonally
Table 9.  Employment status of veterans 18 years old and over by year of discharge from the Armed Forces, sex, race, and

 
 
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               EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS
 
   Vietnam-era veterans who served in the war theater had unemployment
rates similar to their nonveteran peers, but higher than other veterans of
that era, according to the results of an August 1995 survey issued by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.  The survey
also showed that 10 percent of Vietnam-era veterans had a service-connected
disability and that about half of the veterans had participated in special
educational and training programs.
 
   The survey of veterans was conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
by the Bureau of the Census as a special supplement to the August 1995
Current Population Survey (CPS).  It was co-sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service and the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs.  For a description of the survey, including
a definition of terms used in this release, see the Technical Note.  (These
data are not strictly comparable with those of earlier years because of a
major redesign of the CPS implemented in January 1994.)
 
Characteristics of Vietnam-era Veterans
 
   In August 1995, there were about 7.9 million male veterans of the
Vietnam era--the period from August 1964 to May 1975.  The great majority
(86 percent) of Vietnam-era veterans were between the ages of 35 and 54 at
the time of the survey.  About 9 percent were black, and 4 percent were
Hispanic.  (See tables 1 and 2.)  (Information on female veterans and male
veterans who served either before or after the Vietnam era also was
collected in this special supplement; a summary of results is presented
later in this release.)
 
Vietnam-theater Veterans
 
   Nearly half of the male veterans from the Vietnam era (3.8 million)
reported that they served in Southeast Asia.  The labor force participation
rate for Vietnam-theater veterans, at 84 percent in August 1995, was lower
than the rate for those who served outside the Vietnam theater and for
their nonveteran peers age 35 to 54.  The unemployment rate for Vietnam-
theater veterans (3.9 percent) was higher than the rate for those who
served outside the Vietnam theater (2.9 percent) and little different from
those who never served in the Armed Forces (3.6 percent).  (See table 2.)
 
Disabled Veterans of the Vietnam era
 
   In August 1995, 10 percent of male Vietnam-era veterans (about 810,000)
reported having a service-connected disability, and about 7 in 10 of them
had served in the Vietnam theater.  Veterans with a service-connected
 
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disability are assigned a disability rating of between 0 and 100 percent,
depending on the severity of the condition.  The majority (about three-
fifths) of disabled Vietnam-era veterans had disability ratings of less
than 30 percent, while 11 percent had ratings of 60 percent or higher.
 
   Sixty-seven percent of disabled Vietnam-era veterans were in the labor
force in August 1995.  This was much lower than the labor force
participation rate for nondisabled veterans (89 percent).  However, both
groups had the same rate of unemployment.  Of the veterans reporting a
disability rating of 60 percent or more, only 1 in 3 was in the labor
force.  (See table 4.)  Nineteen percent of the disabled and 8 percent of
the nondisabled were employed by the federal government.  Among
nonveterans, the proportion in federal jobs was 2 percent.  (See table 5.)
 
   Among disabled Vietnam-era veterans, about 2 in 5 of those who were
unemployed or not in the labor force in August 1995 reported that their
disability prevented them from obtaining or keeping a job.  (See table 7.)
About 1 in 5 of those currently employed reported that their disability had
prevented them from obtaining a job in the past.
 
Use of Veterans' Programs by Vietnam-era Veterans
 
   About one-half of the male veterans from the Vietnam era participated in
special education and training programs following their military discharge.
Seventy percent of the male disabled veterans and one-half of the
nondisabled participated in such programs.  Almost all of those who used
any of the programs reported using the GI Bill.  (See table 6.)
 
Female Veterans of the Vietnam era
 
   There were 173,000 female Vietnam-era veterans in August 1995.  Of this
number, 15 percent served in the Vietnam theater.  The labor force
participation rate of female Vietnam-era veterans, at 82 percent, was much
higher than the 60 percent rate for women ages 35 to 54 who had not served
in the Armed Forces.  About 8 percent of all female veterans reported
having a service-connected disability; their labor force participation rate
was 65 percent.  (See table 8.)
 
Veterans of Other Service Periods
 
   A total of 23.8 million men reported they had served in the Armed
Forces; 2 in 3 had served before or after the Vietnam era.  About 10
million men served in earlier wars (primarily World War II and Korea); this
group's labor force participation rate of 25 percent reflected the fact
that they were all 55 years and older, and nearly four-fifths were at least
65 years old.  About 10 percent of the male veterans of other wartime
periods had a service-connected disability.  (See tables 2 and 4.)
 
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   There were 5.9 million male peacetime veterans (serving mainly between
the Korean and Vietnam wars and since Vietnam) in August 1995.  About 6
percent of them reported a service-connected disability.  The labor force
participation rate for the disabled was 68 percent, compared with 82
percent for the nondisabled.  (See table 4.)
 
   In August 1995, there were 650,000 female peacetime veterans.  Both
their labor force participation rate (74 percent) and their unemployment
rate (9.9 percent) were much higher than the rates of their nonveteran
peers (60 and 5.6 percent, respectively).  (See table 8.)
 
Veterans Recently Discharged from Active Duty
 
   A total of 1 million veterans were discharged from active duty between
1991 and 1995.  Women constituted 17 percent of those recently discharged,
and blacks and Hispanics were 20 and 9 percent, respectively.  The labor
force participation rate of recently discharged veterans was about 90
percent for whites, blacks, and Hispanics.  The jobless rates for recently
discharged black and Hispanic veterans (8.3 and 9.3 percent, respectively)
were about twice that for their white counterparts (4.4 percent).  The
unemployment rate for recently discharged women was 11.6 percent.  (See
table 9.)
 
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Technical Note
 
 
 
 The  estimates  in  this release were obtained from a  supplement  to  the
August  1995 Current Population Survey (CPS).  This survey included special
questions asked of persons 18 years of age and older regarding their  prior
service  in  the  Armed  Forces and whether they  had  a  service-connected
disability.   These supplemental questions were sponsored  jointly  by  the
U.S.  Department  of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training  Service  and
Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
 The   CPS   is  a  monthly  sample  survey  of  households  that  provides
information on the employment status of the population and demographic  and
other  characteristics of the employed, the unemployed, and persons not  in
the labor force.  It is conducted for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the
Bureau  of  the Census.  The August 1995 survey of nearly 50,000 households
was  conducted during the week of August 13-19 and refers to the status  of
individuals  during  the  preceding week  (August  6-12).   For  a  further
description  of  the  survey and possible sampling and  nonsampling  errors
which  are  inherent  in any sample survey, see the Explanatory  Notes  and
Estimates  of  Error  section  of  the monthly  periodical  Employment  and
Earnings.
 The definitions underlying the data in this release are as follows:
  Veteran status is provided from responses to the question, "Did you  ever
serve on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces?"
  Period  of  service  is provided from answers to the  question  asked  of
veterans,  "When  did  you  serve?"   The  following  service  periods  are
identified:
     Vietnam era  -  August 1964-May 1975
     Korean war   -  June 1950-January 1955
     World War II -  September 1940-July 1947
     World War I  -  April 1917-November 1918
     Peacetime    -  All other periods
  Vietnam-theater  status  is determined from responses  to  the  following
question  asked of Vietnam-era veterans:  "Did you serve in Vietnam,  Laos,
or  Cambodia;  in the waters in or around these countries; or fly  missions
over these areas between August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975?"
  Presence  of service-connected disability is provided by answers  to  the
question, "Has the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or the Department of
Defense determined that you have a service-connected disability; that is, a
health condition or impairment caused or made worse by military service?"
  Effect   of   service-connected  disability   on   veterans'   employment
experience  is  determined by answers to the questions, "Did your  service-
connected disability ever prevent you from getting or holding a job in  the
past?" and "Does this disability currently keep you from getting or holding
a  job?"  The first question was asked of all disabled veterans; the second
was  asked  only of those who were either unemployed or not  in  the  labor
force.
  Service-connected disability rating is based on answers to the  question,
"What  is  your current service-connected disability rating?"  Answers  can
range from 0 to 100 percent.  Ratings are determined from a rating schedule
published in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 38, "Pensions, Bonuses,
and  Veterans  Relief,"  Part 4-"Schedule for  Rating  Disabilities."   The
rating  schedule  is  "primarily a guide in the evaluations  of  disability
resulting from all types of diseases and injuries encountered as  a  result
of  or  incident to military service.  The percentage ratings represent  as
far  as  can  practicably be determined the average impairment  in  earning
capacity  resulting  from  such diseases and injuries  and  their  residual
conditions in civil occupations."  Part 4 contains a listing of hundreds of
possible disorders and assigns ratings of 0 through 100 percent in steps of
10  percent  for  each,  with instructions for rating  multiple  disorders.
 
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Although  the  schedule's  ratings  are  based  primarily  on  the  average
impairment  in  earnings capacity, "full consideration  must  be  given  to
unusual physical or mental effects in individual cases, to peculiar effects
of  occupational  activities, to defects in physical  or  mental  endowment
preventing  the  usual  amount of success in  overcoming  the  handicap  or
disability and to the effect of combination of disability" (Section 4.15).
  Use  of veterans' education and training programs is based on answers  to
the question, "Have you ever used any of the following programs?"
 
   Under the GI Bill:
     Education assistance
     On-the-job training
   Apprenticeship
   Montgomery GI Bill or Veterans' Educational
     Assistance Program (VEAP)
   VA Vocational Rehabilitation
   Under U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored programs:
     Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
     Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
     Comprehensive Employment and Training
         Act (CETA)
     Job Service/Unemployment Insurance/Veterans'
         Representatives
 
  Employed  persons  are (a) all persons who, during the  survey  reference
week,  did  any  work  at  all as paid employees, in  their  own  business,
profession, or on their own farm, or who worked 15 hours or more as  unpaid
workers  in  a family-operated enterprise; and (b) all those who  were  not
working  but  who  had jobs or businesses from which they were  temporarily
absent   because   of  illness,  bad  weather,  vacation,  labor-management
disputes, or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for  the  time
off or were seeking other jobs.
  Unemployed  persons  are  all persons who had no  employment  during  the
survey  reference  week,  were available for  work,  except  for  temporary
illness,  and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime  during
the  prior 4 weeks.  Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job  from
which  they had been laid off need not be looking for work to be classified
as unemployed.
  The civilian labor force comprises all persons classified as employed  or
unemployed.
  The  unemployment rate represents the number unemployed as a  percent  of
the civilian labor force.
  Not  in  the  labor force includes all persons who are not classified  as
employed or unemployed.
  Occupation  and class of worker for the employed relate to the  job  held
in the survey reference week.  Persons with two or more jobs are classified
in  the job at which they worked the greatest number of hours.  In terms of
class-of-worker categories, wage and salary workers are those  who  receive
wages, salary, commission, tips, or pay-in-kind from a private employer  or
from a government unit; self-employed persons are those who work for profit
or fees in their own business, profession, or trade, or operate a farm; and
unpaid  family workers are persons working without pay for 15 hours a  week
or more in an enterprise operated by a member of their family.
Table 1.  Employment status of men 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, race, and Hispanic origin, August
1995, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                            |           |                                                           |
                                            |           |                    Civilian labor force                   |
                                                         ___________________________________________________________            
                                            |           |                                                           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |                       |
                                            |  Civilian |           |           |           |       Unemployed      |   Not in
                                                                                             _______________________            
Veteran status, period of service, race,    | noninsti- |           |           |           |                       |   labor
            and Hispanic origin             |  tutional |           |  Percent  |           |           |           |   force
                                            | population|   Total   |     of    |  Employed |           |  Percent  |
                                            |           |           | population|           |   Number  |     of    |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |   labor   |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |   force   |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                   TOTAL                    |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 18 years and over..................|   91,508  |   70,144  |    76.7   |   66,705  |    3,439  |     4.9   |   21,364
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
     Veterans(1)............................|   23,822  |   13,994  |    58.7   |   13,476  |      518  |     3.7   |    9,828
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
        War veterans........................|   17,941  |    9,252  |    51.6   |    8,931  |      322  |     3.5   |    8,689
           Vietnam era......................|    7,903  |    6,780  |    85.8   |    6,551  |      229  |     3.4   |    1,123
              Vietnam theater...............|    3,811  |    3,213  |    84.3   |    3,090  |      124  |     3.9   |      597
              Outside the Vietnam theater...|    4,092  |    3,566  |    87.1   |    3,462  |      105  |     2.9   |      526
           Other war veterans...............|   10,038  |    2,472  |    24.6   |    2,380  |       93  |     3.8   |    7,566
        Peacetime veterans..................|    5,881  |    4,741  |    80.6   |    4,545  |      197  |     4.1   |    1,140
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
     Nonveterans............................|   67,686  |   56,151  |    83.0   |   53,229  |    2,921  |     5.2   |   11,535
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                   White                    |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 18 years and over..................|   77,809  |   60,044  |    77.2   |   57,561  |    2,484  |     4.1   |   17,764
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
     Veterans(1)............................|   21,423  |   12,470  |    58.2   |   12,059  |      412  |     3.3   |    8,953
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
        War veterans........................|   16,362  |    8,433  |    51.5   |    8,162  |      271  |     3.2   |    7,930
           Vietnam era......................|    7,040  |    6,093  |    86.5   |    5,912  |      181  |     3.0   |      947
              Vietnam theater...............|    3,339  |    2,824  |    84.6   |    2,729  |       95  |     3.4   |      515
              Outside the Vietnam theater...|    3,701  |    3,269  |    88.3   |    3,183  |       86  |     2.6   |      432
           Other war veterans...............|    9,322  |    2,340  |    25.1   |    2,250  |       90  |     3.8   |    6,983
        Peacetime veterans..................|    5,061  |    4,038  |    79.8   |    3,897  |      141  |     3.5   |    1,023
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
     Nonveterans............................|   56,386  |   47,574  |    84.4   |   45,502  |    2,072  |     4.4   |    8,812
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                   Black                    |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 18 years and over..................|    9,777  |    6,964  |    71.2   |    6,225  |      739  |    10.6   |    2,813
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
     Veterans(1)............................|    2,012  |    1,250  |    62.1   |    1,161  |       89  |     7.1   |      762
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
        War veterans........................|    1,331  |      664  |    49.9   |      624  |       40  |     6.1   |      667
           Vietnam era......................|      718  |      563  |    78.5   |      526  |       37  |     6.6   |      154
              Vietnam theater...............|      388  |      318  |    81.9   |      294  |       23  |     7.3   |       70
              Outside the Vietnam theater...|      330  |      246  |    74.5   |      232  |       14  |     5.8   |       84
           Other war veterans...............|      613  |      101  |    16.4   |       98  |        3  |     2.9   |      512
        Peacetime veterans..................|      681  |      586  |    86.0   |      538  |       48  |     8.2   |       96
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
     Nonveterans............................|    7,765  |    5,714  |    73.6   |    5,064  |      651  |    11.4   |    2,050
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
              Hispanic origin               |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 18 years and over..................|    9,008  |    7,401  |    82.2   |    6,764  |      637  |     8.6   |    1,606
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
     Veterans(1)............................|      784  |      556  |    70.9   |      508  |       48  |     8.6   |      228
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
        War veterans........................|      502  |      313  |    62.4   |      289  |       24  |     7.7   |      189
           Vietnam era......................|      291  |      259  |    89.1   |      237  |       22  |     8.4   |       32
              Vietnam theater...............|      147  |      130  |    88.6   |      119  |       11  |     8.5   |       17
              Outside the Vietnam theater...|      144  |      129  |    89.5   |      118  |       11  |     8.2   |       15
           Other war veterans...............|      211  |       54  |    25.8   |       52  |        3  |    (2)    |      157
        Peacetime veterans..................|      282  |      243  |    86.0   |      219  |       24  |     9.7   |       40
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
     Nonveterans............................|    8,224  |    6,846  |    83.2   |    6,256  |      589  |     8.6   |    1,378
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Because of the aging of the population, there are no longer any Vietnam-era veterans under 35 years of age or any other war
veterans under 55 years of age.
  2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
  NOTE: Male veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and
all other service periods. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of
service appears in the Explanatory Note of this release.  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to
totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black
population groups.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 2.  Employment status of men 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and age, August 1995, not seasonally
adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                            |           |                                                           |
                                            |           |                    Civilian labor force                   |
                                                         ___________________________________________________________            
                                            |           |                                                           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |                       |
                                            |  Civilian |           |           |           |       Unemployed      |   Not in
                                                                                             _______________________            
Veteran status, period of service, and age  | noninsti- |           |           |           |                       |   labor
                                            |  tutional |           |  Percent  |           |           |           |   force
                                            | population|   Total   |     of    |  Employed |           |  Percent  |
                                            |           |           | population|           |   Number  |     of    |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |   labor   |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |   force   |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                  VETERANS                  |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 18 years and over..................|   23,822  |   13,994  |    58.7   |   13,476  |      518  |     3.7   |    9,828
      18 to 24 years........................|      111  |      106  |    95.4   |      100  |        6  |     5.6   |        5
      25 to 34 years........................|    1,465  |    1,380  |    94.2   |    1,324  |       56  |     4.0   |       85
      35 to 44 years........................|    3,057  |    2,782  |    91.0   |    2,631  |      151  |     5.4   |      275
      45 to 54 years........................|    5,886  |    5,257  |    89.3   |    5,106  |      151  |     2.9   |      629
      55 to 64 years........................|    4,975  |    3,078  |    61.9   |    2,989  |       88  |     2.9   |    1,897
      65 years and over.....................|    8,328  |    1,392  |    16.7   |    1,326  |       66  |     4.7   |    6,936
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                War veterans                |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 35 years and over..................|   17,941  |    9,252  |    51.6   |    8,931  |      322  |     3.5   |    8,689
      35 to 44 years........................|    1,719  |    1,558  |    90.6   |    1,482  |       77  |     4.9   |      161
      45 to 54 years........................|    5,106  |    4,611  |    90.3   |    4,478  |      133  |     2.9   |      495
      55 to 64 years........................|    3,096  |    1,737  |    56.1   |    1,689  |       48  |     2.8   |    1,360
      65 years and over.....................|    8,020  |    1,347  |    16.8   |    1,283  |       64  |     4.8   |    6,673
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                Vietnam era                 |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 35 years and over..................|    7,903  |    6,780  |    85.8   |    6,551  |      229  |     3.4   |    1,123
      35 to 44 years........................|    1,719  |    1,558  |    90.6   |    1,482  |       77  |     4.9   |      161
      45 to 54 years........................|    5,106  |    4,611  |    90.3   |    4,478  |      133  |     2.9   |      495
      55 to 64 years........................|      855  |      593  |    69.3   |      578  |       15  |     2.6   |      262
      65 years and over.....................|      223  |       18  |     8.1   |       14  |        4  |    (1)    |      205
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
              Vietnam theater               |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 35 years and over..................|    3,811  |    3,213  |    84.3   |    3,090  |      124  |     3.9   |      597
      35 to 44 years........................|      614  |      554  |    90.2   |      522  |       31  |     5.7   |       60
      45 to 54 years........................|    2,615  |    2,340  |    89.5   |    2,258  |       82  |     3.5   |      275
      55 to 64 years........................|      445  |      313  |    70.3   |      306  |        7  |     2.1   |      132
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
    65 years and over.......................|      137  |        7  |     5.4   |        4  |        4  |    (1)    |      129
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
        Outside the Vietnam theater         |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 35 years and over..................|    4,092  |    3,566  |    87.1   |    3,462  |      105  |     2.9   |      526
      35 to 44 years........................|    1,105  |    1,005  |    90.9   |      959  |       45  |     4.5   |      101
      45 to 54 years........................|    2,491  |    2,271  |    91.2   |    2,220  |       51  |     2.2   |      220
      55 to 64 years........................|      410  |      280  |    68.3   |      271  |        9  |     3.1   |      130
      65 years and over.....................|       86  |       11  |    12.5   |       11  |     -     |    (1)    |       75
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
             Other war veterans             |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 55 years and over..................|   10,038  |    2,472  |    24.6   |    2,380  |       93  |     3.8   |    7,566
      55 to 64 years........................|    2,241  |    1,144  |    51.0   |    1,111  |       33  |     2.8   |    1,097
      65 years and over.....................|    7,797  |    1,329  |    17.0   |    1,268  |       60  |     4.5   |    6,468
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
             Peacetime veterans             |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 18 years and over..................|    5,881  |    4,741  |    80.6   |    4,545  |      197  |     4.1   |    1,140
      18 to 24 years........................|      111  |      106  |    95.4   |      100  |        6  |     5.6   |        5
      25 to 34 years........................|    1,465  |    1,380  |    94.2   |    1,324  |       56  |     4.0   |       85
      35 to 44 years........................|    1,338  |    1,224  |    91.5   |    1,149  |       75  |     6.1   |      114
      45 to 54 years........................|      780  |      647  |    82.9   |      629  |       18  |     2.8   |      134
      55 to 64 years........................|    1,879  |    1,341  |    71.4   |    1,301  |       40  |     3.0   |      538
      65 years and over.....................|      308  |       45  |    14.5   |       43  |        2  |    (1)    |      263
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                NONVETERANS                 |           |           |           |           |           |           |
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |
  Total, 18 years and over..................|   67,686  |   56,151  |    83.0   |   53,229  |    2,921  |     5.2   |   11,535
      18 to 24 years........................|   12,332  |   10,242  |    83.1   |    9,135  |    1,107  |    10.8   |    2,090
      25 to 34 years........................|   18,556  |   17,249  |    93.0   |   16,472  |      776  |     4.5   |    1,308
      35 to 44 years........................|   17,802  |   16,421  |    92.2   |   15,803  |      618  |     3.8   |    1,381
      45 to 54 years........................|    9,281  |    8,172  |    88.1   |    7,906  |      266  |     3.3   |    1,109
                                            |           |           |           |           |           |           |           
    55 to 64 years..........................|    4,893  |    3,363  |    68.7   |    3,249  |      115  |     3.4   |    1,529
      65 years and over.....................|    4,821  |      703  |    14.6   |      664  |       38  |     5.5   |    4,118
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
  NOTE: Male veterans are man who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II, and
all other service periods. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods of
service appears in the Explanatory Note of this release.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 3.  Employed men 18 years and over by occupation, veteran status, and period of service, August 1995, not seasonally
adjusted
 
(Percent distribution)
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                                                        |                                                              |
                                                        |                           Veterans                           |
                                                         ______________________________________________________________         
                                                        |                                                              |
                                                        |        |                                            |        |
                                                        |        |                War veterans                |        |
                                                                  ____________________________________________                  
                                                        |        |                                            |        |
                                                        |        |        |                          |        |        | Nonvet-
                       Occupation                       |        |        |        Vietnam era       |        | Peace- |  erans
                                                                           __________________________                           
                                                        |  Total |        |                          |        |  time  |
                                                        |        |        |        |        |        |  Other |veterans|
                                                        |        |  Total |        |        | Outside|   war  |        |
                                                        |        |        |  Total | Vietnam|   the  |veterans|        |
                                                        |        |        |        | theater| Vietnam|        |        |
                                                        |        |        |        |        | theater|        |        |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 18 years and over (thousands)....................| 13,476 |  8,931 |  6,551 |  3,090 |  3,462 |  2,380 |  4,545 | 53,229
     Percent............................................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
                                                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty................|   29.7 |   32.0 |   31.9 |   27.8 |   35.5 |   32.6 |   25.1 |   27.3
      Executive, adminstrative, and managerial..........|   17.8 |   19.5 |   19.3 |   16.8 |   21.5 |   20.3 |   14.4 |   14.5
      Professional specialty............................|   11.9 |   12.5 |   12.6 |   11.0 |   14.0 |   12.3 |   10.7 |   12.8
                                                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Technical, sales, and administrative support.........|   21.5 |   22.0 |   21.0 |   22.0 |   20.2 |   24.8 |   20.3 |   18.7
      Technicians and related support...................|    3.6 |    3.4 |    3.8 |    4.4 |    3.3 |    2.2 |    4.1 |    2.7
      Sales occupations.................................|   11.5 |   12.5 |   10.6 |   10.6 |   10.7 |   17.5 |    9.4 |   10.7
      Administrative support, including clerical........|    6.4 |    6.2 |    6.6 |    7.0 |    6.2 |    5.0 |    6.8 |    5.2
                                                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Service occupations..................................|    8.8 |    7.6 |    7.3 |    8.6 |    6.1 |    8.6 |   11.1 |    9.8
      Protective service................................|    4.2 |    3.5 |    3.8 |    4.2 |    3.4 |    2.8 |    5.6 |    2.5
      Other service occupations.........................|    4.6 |    4.1 |    3.5 |    4.4 |    2.7 |    5.7 |    5.5 |    7.3
                                                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Precision production, craft, and repair..............|   19.7 |   19.1 |   21.7 |   22.7 |   20.8 |   12.0 |   20.8 |   18.3
      Mechanics and repairers...........................|    7.8 |    7.5 |    8.6 |    8.7 |    8.6 |    4.3 |    8.6 |    6.1
      Construction trades...............................|    7.2 |    7.0 |    7.9 |    8.5 |    7.3 |    4.5 |    7.6 |    7.8
      Other precision production, craft, and repair.....|    4.7 |    4.7 |    5.2 |    5.5 |    4.9 |    3.2 |    4.6 |    4.4
                                                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers.................|   16.8 |   15.0 |   16.0 |   16.7 |   15.3 |   12.4 |   20.2 |   21.1
      Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....|    6.2 |    5.3 |    6.1 |    6.6 |    5.8 |    3.1 |    7.8 |    7.7
      Transportation and material moving occupations....|    7.8 |    7.1 |    7.1 |    7.5 |    6.8 |    7.0 |    9.1 |    7.0
      Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   laborers.............................................|    2.9 |    2.6 |    2.7 |    2.7 |    2.7 |    2.3 |    3.4 |    6.4
                                                        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.......................|    3.6 |    4.1 |    2.1 |    2.2 |    2.1 |    9.7 |    2.4 |    4.9
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  NOTE: See NOTE, table 2.
Table 4.  Employment status of male veterans 18 years and over by period of service, presence of service-connected disability,
and reported disability rating, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |          |                                                       |
                                                 |          |                  Civilian labor force                 |
                                                             _______________________________________________________           
                                                 |          |                                                       |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |                     |
                                                 | Civilian |          |           |          |      Unemployed     |  Not in
                                                                                               _____________________           
Period of service, presence of disability, and   | noninsti-|          |           |          |                     |   labor
           reported disability rating            | tutional |          |  Percent  |          |          |          |   force
                                                 |population|   Total  |     of    | Employed |          |  Percent |
                                                 |          |          | population|          |  Number  |    of    |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |   labor  |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |   force  |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                    VETERANS                     |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
  With service-connected disability..............|    2,192 |      949 |    43.3   |      906 |       43 |    4.5   |    1,243
       Less then 30 percent disability rating....|    1,240 |      628 |    50.6   |      602 |       26 |    4.1   |      612
       30- to 50- percent disability rating......|      453 |      187 |    41.3   |      172 |       15 |    8.1   |      266
       60 percent or higher disability rating....|      329 |       67 |    20.2   |       65 |        2 |    (1)   |      262
       Disability rating not reported............|      170 |       68 |    39.9   |       68 |     -    |    (1)   |      102
  Without service-connected disability...........|   19,104 |   11,563 |    60.5   |   11,130 |      433 |    3.7   |    7,541
  Presence of disability not reported............|    2,526 |    1,482 |    58.7   |    1,440 |       42 |    2.9   |    1,044
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                  War veterans                   |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
  With service-connected disability..............|    1,842 |      711 |    38.6   |      689 |       22 |    3.0   |    1,131
       Less then 30 percent disability rating....|    1,042 |      473 |    45.4   |      463 |       10 |    2.1   |      569
       30- to 50- percent disability rating......|      382 |      145 |    37.8   |      134 |       11 |    7.4   |      237
       60 percent or higher disability rating....|      277 |       48 |    17.4   |       47 |        1 |    (1)   |      229
       Disability rating not reported............|      142 |       45 |    31.9   |       45 |     -    |    (1)   |       96
  Without service-connected disability...........|   14,272 |    7,613 |    53.3   |    7,328 |      284 |    3.7   |    6,659
  Presence of disability not reported............|    1,827 |      929 |    50.8   |      913 |       16 |    1.7   |      899
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                   Vietnam era                   |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
  With service-connected disability..............|      812 |      541 |    66.6   |      522 |       19 |    3.5   |      271
       Less then 30 percent disability rating....|      467 |      365 |    78.1   |      357 |        8 |    2.2   |      102
       30- to 50- percent disability rating......|      201 |      109 |    54.3   |       99 |       10 |    9.2   |       92
       60 percent or higher disability rating....|       88 |       31 |    35.7   |       31 |        1 |    (1)   |       57
       Disability rating not reported............|       55 |       36 |    (1)    |       36 |     -    |    (1)   |       20
  Without service-connected disability...........|    6,203 |    5,543 |    89.4   |    5,349 |      194 |    3.5   |      660
  Presence of disability not reported............|      888 |      696 |    78.4   |      681 |       16 |    2.2   |      192
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                 Vietnam theater                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
  With service-connected disability..............|      567 |      365 |    64.4   |      353 |       12 |    3.4   |      202
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |          
    Less then 30 percent disability rating.......|      294 |      240 |    81.5   |      234 |        5 |    2.2   |       54
       30- to 50- percent disability rating......|      157 |       76 |    48.6   |       70 |        6 |    8.0   |       81
       60 percent or higher disability rating....|       80 |       28 |    35.6   |       28 |        1 |    (1)   |       51
       Disability rating not reported............|       36 |       21 |    (1)    |       21 |     -    |    (1)   |       16
  Without service-connected disability...........|    2,810 |    2,503 |    89.1   |    2,397 |      106 |    4.2   |      307
  Presence of disability not reported............|      434 |      346 |    79.8   |      340 |        6 |    1.7   |       88
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
           Outside the Vietnam theater           |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
  With service-connected disability..............|      245 |      176 |    71.9   |      169 |        7 |    3.9   |       69
       Less then 30 percent disability rating....|      173 |      125 |    72.3   |      122 |        3 |    2.3   |       48
       30- to 50- percent disability rating......|       45 |       33 |    (1)    |       29 |        4 |    (1)   |       11
       60 percent or higher disability rating....|        8 |        3 |    (1)    |        3 |     -    |    (1)   |        5
       Disability rating not reported............|       19 |       15 |    (1)    |       15 |     -    |    (1)   |        4
  Without service-connected disability...........|    3,393 |    3,040 |    89.6   |    2,952 |       88 |    2.9   |      353
  Presence of disability not reported............|      454 |      350 |    77.1   |      340 |       10 |    2.8   |      104
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
               Other war veterans                |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
  With service-connected disability..............|    1,030 |      170 |    16.5   |      168 |        2 |    1.4   |      860
       Less then 30 percent disability rating....|      574 |      108 |    18.8   |      107 |        2 |    1.5   |      466
       30- to 50- percent disability rating......|      180 |       35 |    19.5   |       35 |        1 |    (1)   |      145
       60 percent or higher disability rating....|      189 |       17 |     8.9   |       17 |     -    |    (1)   |      172
       Disability rating not reported............|       87 |       10 |    11.3   |       10 |     -    |    (1)   |       77
  Without service-connected disability...........|    8,069 |    2,070 |    25.7   |    1,980 |       91 |    4.4   |    5,999
  Presence of disability not reported............|      939 |      232 |    24.7   |      232 |     -    |     -    |      707
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
               Peacetime veterans                |          |          |           |          |          |          |
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |
  With service-connected disability..............|      350 |      238 |    68.0   |      217 |       21 |    8.9   |      112
       Less then 30 percent disability rating....|      198 |      155 |    77.9   |      139 |       16 |   10.2   |       44
       30- to 50- percent disability rating......|       71 |       42 |    (1)    |       38 |        4 |    (1)   |       29
       60 percent or higher disability rating....|       52 |       18 |    (1)    |       17 |        1 |    (1)   |       34
                                                 |          |          |           |          |          |          |          
    Disability rating not reported...............|       28 |       22 |    (1)    |       22 |     -    |    (1)   |        6
  Without service-connected disability...........|    4,833 |    3,950 |    81.7   |    3,802 |      149 |    3.8   |      883
  Presence of disability not reported............|      699 |      553 |    79.2   |      527 |       27 |    4.9   |      145
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
  NOTE: A service-connected disability is a health condition or impairment caused or made worse by military service.  The
associated disability rating, which can range from 0 to 100 percent, is determined from a rating schedule published in the U.S.
Code of Federal Regulations, "Title 38." Additional information on periods of service and service-connected disability ratings
appears in the Explanatory Note of this release. Also, see NOTE, table 2.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 5.  Employed men 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, presence of service-connected disability, and
class of worker, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |           |
                                                  |           |             Percent distribution by class of worker
                                                               ________________________________________________________________
                                                  |           |
                                                  |           |         |                                       |
                                                  |           |         |Nonagricultural wage and salary workers|
                                                                         _______________________________________               
                                                  |   Total   |         |                                       | Agricultural
 Veteran status, period of service, and presence  |employed(1)|         |         |                             |   wage and
                  of disability                   |(thousands)|         |         |          Government         |    salary,
                                                                                   _____________________________               
                                                  |           |  Total  |         |                             |self-employed,
                                                  |           |         | Private |         |         |         |  and unpaid
                                                  |           |         |  sector |         |         |  State  |family workers
                                                  |           |         |         |  Total  | Federal |   and   |
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |  local  |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
All veterans......................................|   13,476  |  100.0  |   68.7  |   17.4  |    6.2  |   11.2  |     13.9
    With service-connected disability.............|      906  |  100.0  |   59.6  |   26.3  |   16.2  |   10.2  |     14.1
    Without service-connected disability..........|   11,130  |  100.0  |   69.2  |   17.0  |    5.6  |   11.4  |     13.8
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
  War veterans....................................|    8,931  |  100.0  |   66.2  |   18.0  |    6.7  |   11.4  |     15.8
      With service-connected disability...........|      689  |  100.0  |   58.5  |   26.8  |   16.2  |   10.6  |     14.8
      Without service-connected disability........|    7,328  |  100.0  |   66.7  |   17.6  |    6.0  |   11.5  |     15.7
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
    Vietnam era...................................|    6,551  |  100.0  |   68.6  |   20.7  |    8.2  |   12.5  |     10.8
        With service-connected disability.........|      522  |  100.0  |   60.9  |   29.5  |   18.9  |   10.6  |      9.6
        Without service-connected disability......|    5,349  |  100.0  |   69.2  |   20.2  |    7.5  |   12.7  |     10.6
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
      Vietnam theater.............................|    3,090  |  100.0  |   67.8  |   22.2  |    8.6  |   13.6  |     10.0
          With service-connected disability.......|      353  |  100.0  |   65.3  |   27.1  |   17.3  |    9.8  |      7.6
          Without service-connected disability....|    2,397  |  100.0  |   68.0  |   22.0  |    7.8  |   14.1  |     10.0
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
      Outside the Vietnam theater.................|    3,462  |  100.0  |   69.3  |   19.3  |    7.8  |   11.4  |     11.5
          With service-connected disability.......|      169  |  100.0  |   51.7  |   34.5  |   22.2  |   12.3  |     13.7
          Without service-connected disability....|    2,952  |  100.0  |   70.3  |   18.7  |    7.1  |   11.6  |     11.0
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
    Other war veterans............................|    2,380  |  100.0  |   59.7  |   10.8  |    2.5  |    8.3  |     29.5
        With service-connected disability.........|      168  |  100.0  |   50.8  |   18.3  |    7.8  |   10.5  |     30.9
        Without service-connected disability......|    1,980  |  100.0  |   59.8  |   10.5  |    2.2  |    8.3  |     29.7
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
  Peacetime veterans..............................|    4,545  |  100.0  |   73.6  |   16.2  |    5.4  |   10.8  |     10.2
      With service-connected disability...........|      217  |  100.0  |   63.1  |   25.0  |   16.1  |    8.8  |     12.0
      Without service-connected disability........|    3,802  |  100.0  |   74.1  |   15.9  |    4.7  |   11.2  |      9.9
                                                  |           |         |         |         |         |         |
Nonveterans.......................................|   53,229  |  100.0  |   77.2  |   10.9  |    2.1  |    8.9  |     11.9
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Includes veterans who did not report presence of disability.
  NOTE: See NOTES, tables 2 and 4. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 6.  Male veterans 18 years and over by period of service, presence of service-connected disability, and use of veterans'
education and training programs, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |           |                     |
                                                 |           | Percent distribution|          Percent reporting use of
                                                 |           |  by reported use of |            specific programs(2)
                                                 |           |       programs      |
                                                              __________________________________________________________________
                                                 |           |                     |
                                                 |           |     |       |       |                         |
                                                 |           |     |       |       |    U.S. Department of   |U.S. Department of
                                                 |           |     |       |       |     Veterans Affairs    |  Labor-sponsored
                                                 |  Total(1) |     |       |       |                         |     programs
                                                                                    ____________________________________________
Period of service and presence of disability     |(thousands)|     |       |       |                         |
                                                 |           |     |       |  Used |       |        |        |        |
                                                 |           |Total|Used no|  any  |       | Veter- |        |        |
                                                 |           |     |program|program|       |   ans  |  Voca- |  State |
                                                 |           |     |       |       |   GI  | Educa- | tional |   job  |  Other
                                                 |           |     |       |       |Bill(3)| tional |rehabil-| service|programs-
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       | Assist-| itation|offices-|   (5)
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |  ance  |        |   (4)  |
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |Programs|        |        |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |        |        |        |
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |        |        |        |
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |        |        |        |
All veterans.....................................|   23,822  |100.0|  56.5 |  43.5 |  38.5 |   4.6  |   1.3  |   1.4  |    1.0
    With service-connected disability............|    2,192  |100.0|  45.5 |  54.5 |  46.9 |   6.2  |   7.7  |   3.0  |    1.7
    Without service-connected disability.........|   19,104  |100.0|  57.7 |  42.3 |  37.5 |   4.4  |    .5  |   1.2  |     .9
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |        |        |        |
  War veterans...................................|   17,941  |100.0|  52.7 |  47.3 |  43.3 |   3.9  |   1.4  |   1.4  |    1.0
      With service-connected disability..........|    1,842  |100.0|  43.8 |  56.2 |  49.8 |   5.5  |   7.5  |   2.6  |    1.1
      Without service-connected disability.......|   14,272  |100.0|  53.8 |  46.2 |  42.5 |   3.7  |    .6  |   1.3  |    1.0
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |        |        |        |
    Vietnam era..................................|    7,903  |100.0|  48.1 |  51.9 |  47.2 |   4.4  |   1.9  |   2.5  |    1.9
        With service-connected disability........|      812  |100.0|  30.4 |  69.6 |  61.4 |   8.1  |  12.2  |   4.3  |    2.5
        Without service-connected disability.....|    6,203  |100.0|  50.3 |  49.7 |  45.4 |   3.9  |    .6  |   2.3  |    1.8
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |        |        |        |
      Vietnam theater............................|    3,811  |100.0|  43.3 |  56.7 |  51.1 |   5.5  |   3.0  |   3.2  |    2.4
          With service-connected disability......|      567  |100.0|  31.6 |  68.4 |  59.6 |   8.3  |  14.9  |   5.0  |    2.7
          Without service-connected disability...|    2,810  |100.0|  45.6 |  54.4 |  49.4 |   5.0  |    .7  |   2.8  |    2.3
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |        |        |        |
      Outside the Vietnam theater................|    4,092  |100.0|  52.5 |  47.5 |  43.7 |   3.3  |    .9  |   1.9  |    1.5
          With service-connected disability......|      245  |100.0|  27.7 |  72.3 |  65.3 |   7.6  |   6.3  |   3.0  |    2.0
          Without service-connected disability...|    3,393  |100.0|  54.2 |  45.8 |  42.1 |   3.0  |    .5  |   1.8  |    1.4
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |        |        |        |
    Other war veterans...........................|   10,038  |100.0|  56.3 |  43.7 |  40.3 |   3.6  |    .9  |    .6  |     .2
        With service-connected disability........|    1,030  |100.0|  54.3 |  45.7 |  40.7 |   3.4  |   3.7  |   1.2  |     .1
        Without service-connected disability.....|    8,069  |100.0|  56.5 |  43.5 |  40.3 |   3.6  |    .6  |    .5  |     .3
                                                 |           |     |       |       |       |        |        |        |
  Peacetime veterans.............................|    5,881  |100.0|  68.0 |  32.0 |  23.2 |   6.7  |    .9  |   1.5  |    1.0
      With service-connected disability..........|      350  |100.0|  54.5 |  45.5 |  31.3 |  10.1  |   8.7  |   5.3  |    4.7
      Without service-connected disability.......|    4,833  |100.0|  69.0 |  31.0 |  22.7 |   6.5  |    .3  |   1.2  |     .8
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Includes veterans who did not report presence of disability and/or information on use of programs.
  2 The sum of the percentages using specific programs will not equal the percentages for "used any program" because some
veterans used more than one program.
  3 Includes on-the-job training, not shown separately.
  4 Provides such services as job counseling, testing, and employment referral and placement.
  5 Includes the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), and the Comprehensive Employment
and Training Act (CETA).
  NOTE: See NOTES, tables 2 and 4.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 7.  Disabled male veterans 18 years and over by period of service, disability rating, and effect of disability on
jobholding, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                |
                                                                |                       Disabled veterans
                                                                 _______________________________________________________________
                                                                |
                                                                |               |               |
                                                                |               |               |    Unemployed or not in the
                                                                |               |               |          labor force
                                                                                                 _______________________________
          Period of service and disability rating               |               | Percent whose |
                                                                |     Total     |   disability  |               |
                                                                |  (thousands)  |    affected   |               | Percent whose
                                                                |               |   past job-   |     Total     |   disability
                                                                |               |    holding    |  (thousands)  |   currently
                                                                |               |               |               |  affects job-
                                                                |               |               |               |    holding
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                |               |               |               |
                                                                |               |               |               |
                                                                |               |               |               |
All veterans(1).................................................|      2,192    |      28.7     |      1,286    |      30.1
    Less than 30 percent disability rating......................|      1,240    |      16.6     |        638    |      14.9
    30- to 50- percent disability rating........................|        453    |      40.8     |        281    |      34.7
    60 percent or higher disability rating......................|        329    |      60.0     |        264    |      62.2
                                                                |               |               |               |
  War veterans..................................................|      1,842    |      28.0     |      1,153    |      27.9
      Less than 30 percent disability rating....................|      1,042    |      16.1     |        578    |      15.0
      30- to 50- percent disability rating......................|        382    |      40.3     |        248    |      30.4
      60 percent or higher disability rating....................|        277    |      57.6     |        230    |      57.1
                                                                |               |               |               |
    Vietnam era.................................................|        812    |      29.2     |        290    |      39.6
        Less than 30 percent disability rating..................|        467    |      16.8     |        111    |      31.4
        30- to 50- percent disability rating....................|        201    |      41.6     |        102    |      30.8
        60 percent or higher disability rating..................|         88    |      69.2     |         58    |      (2)
                                                                |               |               |               |
      Vietnam theater...........................................|        567    |      28.2     |        214    |      40.5
          Less than 30 percent disability rating................|        294    |      13.5     |         60    |      (2)
          30- to 50- percent disability rating..................|        157    |      36.6     |         87    |      27.8
          60 percent or higher disability rating................|         80    |      67.2     |         52    |      (2)
                                                                |               |               |               |
      Outside the Vietnam theater...............................|        245    |      31.4     |         76    |      36.9
          Less than 30 percent disability rating................|        173    |      22.4     |         51    |      (2)
          30- to 50- percent disability rating..................|         45    |      (2)      |         15    |      (2)
          60 percent or higher disability rating................|          8    |      (2)      |          5    |      (2)
                                                                |               |               |               |
    Other war veterans..........................................|      1,030    |      27.0     |        863    |      23.9
        Less than 30 percent disability rating..................|        574    |      15.5     |        468    |      11.2
        30- to 50- percent disability rating....................|        180    |      38.8     |        146    |      30.1
        60 percent or higher disability rating..................|        189    |      52.2     |        172    |      51.4
                                                                |               |               |               |
  Peacetime veterans............................................|        350    |      32.8     |        133    |      49.2
      Less than 30 percent disability rating....................|        198    |      19.5     |         59    |      (2)
                                                                |               |               |               |               
    30- to 50- percent disability rating........................|         71    |      (2)      |         33    |      (2)
      60 percent or higher disability rating....................|         52    |      (2)      |         35    |      (2)
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Includes veterans who did not report disability rating, as well as those who did not respond to the question on the effect
of disability on jobholding.
  2 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
  NOTE: See NOTES, tables 2 and 4.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 8.  Employment status of women 18 years and over by veteran status and period of service, August 1995, not seasonally
adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                                             |            |                                                          |
                                             |            |                   Civilian labor force                   |
                                                           __________________________________________________________           
                                             |            |                                                          |
                                             |            |          |            |          |                       |
                                             |  Civilian  |          |            |          |       Unemployed      |  Not in
                                                                                              _______________________           
  Veteran status and period of service       |  noninsti- |          |            |          |                       |   labor
                                             |  tutional  |          |   Percent  |          |          |            |   force
                                             | population |   Total  |     of     | Employed |          |   Percent  |
                                             |            |          | population |          |  Number  |     of     |
                                             |            |          |            |          |          |    labor   |
                                             |            |          |            |          |          |    force   |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                             |            |          |            |          |          |            |
                                             |            |          |            |          |          |            |
                                             |            |          |            |          |          |            |
Total, 18 years and over.....................|    99,846  |   59,449 |    59.5    |   56,088 |    3,361 |     5.7    |   40,397
                                             |            |          |            |          |          |            |
  Veterans(1)................................|     1,224  |      696 |    56.9    |      636 |       60 |     8.6    |      528
                                             |            |          |            |          |          |            |
    War veterans.............................|       573  |      217 |    37.9    |      204 |       13 |     5.8    |      356
      Vietnam era............................|       173  |      143 |    82.4    |      137 |        5 |     3.6    |       30
        Vietnam theater......................|        26  |       24 |     (2)    |       24 |        0 |     (2)    |        2
        Outside the Vietnam theater..........|       147  |      119 |    80.7    |      114 |        5 |     4.4    |       28
      Other war veterans.....................|       400  |       75 |    18.6    |       67 |        7 |     9.9    |      325
    Peacetime veterans.......................|       651  |      479 |    73.6    |      432 |       47 |     9.9    |      172
                                             |            |          |            |          |          |            |
    With service-connected disability........|        94  |       62 |    65.4    |       54 |        8 |     (2)    |       33
    Without service-connected disability.....|       982  |      564 |    57.5    |      521 |       43 |     7.6    |      418
    Presence of disability not reported......|       148  |       71 |    47.5    |       61 |        9 |     (2)    |       78
                                             |            |          |            |          |          |            |
  Nonveterans................................|    98,622  |   58,753 |    59.6    |   55,452 |    3,301 |     5.6    |   39,869
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1  Because of the aging of the population, there are no longer any Vietnam-era veterans under 35 years of age or any other war
veterans under 55 years of age.
  2  Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
  NOTE: Female veterans are women who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I and II,
and all other service periods. Nonveterans are women who have never served in the Armed Forces. Information on specific periods
of service appears in the Explanatory Note of this release.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 9.  Employment status of veterans 18 years old and over by year of discharge from the Armed Forces, sex, race, and
Hispanic origin, August 1995, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
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                              |            |                                                                 |
                              |            |                       Civilian labor force                      |
                                            _________________________________________________________________           
                              |            |                                                                 |
                              |            |          |          |                     |                     |
                              |  Civilian  |          |          |       Employed      |      Unemployed     |  Not in
                                                                  ___________________________________________           
Year of discharge, sex, race, |  noninsti- |          |          |                     |                     |   labor
     and Hispanic origin      |  tutional  |          |  Percent |          |          |          |          |   force
                              | population |   Total  |    of    |          |  Percent |          |  Percent |
                              |            |          |population|   Total  |    of    |  Number  |    of    |
                              |            |          |          |          |population|          |   labor  |
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |   force  |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
            TOTAL             |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      Prior to 1965...........|    11,249  |    3,856 |   34.3   |    3,711 |   33.0   |      145 |    3.8   |    7,393
      1965 to 1974............|     5,338  |    4,499 |   84.3   |    4,341 |   81.3   |      158 |    3.5   |      840
      1975 to 1984............|     2,504  |    2,152 |   85.9   |    2,043 |   81.6   |      108 |    5.0   |      353
      1985 to 1990............|     1,252  |    1,112 |   88.8   |    1,064 |   85.0   |       48 |    4.3   |      140
      1991 to 1995............|     1,041  |      929 |   89.3   |      879 |   84.4   |       51 |    5.5   |      112
      Year not available......|     3,661  |    2,142 |   58.5   |    2,074 |   56.6   |       68 |    3.2   |    1,519
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
             Men              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      Prior to 1965...........|    10,860  |    3,761 |   34.6   |    3,627 |   33.4   |      134 |    3.6   |    7,098
      1965 to 1974............|     5,253  |    4,425 |   84.2   |    4,270 |   81.3   |      155 |    3.5   |      828
      1975 to 1984............|     2,306  |    2,000 |   86.7   |    1,898 |   82.3   |      102 |    5.1   |      306
      1985 to 1990............|     1,076  |      968 |   90.0   |      934 |   86.7   |       35 |    3.6   |      108
      1991 to 1995............|       865  |      795 |   91.9   |      760 |   87.8   |       35 |    4.4   |       70
      Year not available......|     3,462  |    2,044 |   59.0   |    1,987 |   57.4   |       58 |    2.8   |    1,418
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
            Women             |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      Prior to 1965...........|       390  |       95 |   24.3   |       83 |   21.4   |       11 |   11.9   |      295
      1965 to 1974............|        85  |       74 |   86.7   |       71 |   83.3   |        3 |    (1)   |       11
      1975 to 1984............|       199  |      152 |   76.4   |      145 |   73.1   |        7 |    4.3   |       47
      1985 to 1990............|       176  |      144 |   81.8   |      131 |   74.5   |       13 |    8.9   |       32
      1991 to 1995............|       176  |      134 |   76.3   |      119 |   67.5   |       16 |   11.6   |       42
      Year not available......|       199  |       98 |   49.1   |       87 |   43.8   |       11 |   10.8   |      101
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
            White             |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      Prior to 1965...........|    10,581  |    3,652 |   34.5   |    3,521 |   33.3   |      132 |    3.6   |    6,929
      1965 to 1974............|     4,840  |    4,105 |   84.8   |    3,970 |   82.0   |      135 |    3.3   |      735
      1975 to 1984............|     2,112  |    1,815 |   86.0   |    1,744 |   82.6   |       72 |    4.0   |      296
      1985 to 1990............|     1,009  |      894 |   88.5   |      864 |   85.6   |       30 |    3.4   |      116
      1991 to 1995............|       797  |      712 |   89.4   |      681 |   85.4   |       32 |    4.4   |       85
      Year not available......|     3,094  |    1,821 |   58.9   |    1,776 |   57.4   |       45 |    2.5   |    1,273
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
            Black             |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      Prior to 1965...........|       563  |      155 |   27.6   |      144 |   25.5   |       12 |    7.6   |      407
      1965 to 1974............|       407  |      316 |   77.6   |      297 |   73.0   |       19 |    5.9   |       91
      1975 to 1984............|       325  |      274 |   84.4   |      242 |   74.4   |       33 |   11.9   |       51
      1985 to 1990............|       210  |      191 |   90.9   |      176 |   84.0   |       14 |    7.5   |       19
      1991 to 1995............|       207  |      185 |   89.3   |      169 |   81.9   |       15 |    8.3   |       22
      Year not available......|       498  |      283 |   56.7   |      261 |   52.4   |       22 |    7.7   |      216
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
       Hispanic origin        |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
                              |            |          |          |          |          |          |          |
      Prior to 1965...........|       235  |       87 |   37.2   |       80 |   34.1   |        7 |    8.4   |      148
      1965 to 1974............|       191  |      171 |   89.7   |      155 |   81.0   |       16 |    9.6   |       20
      1975 to 1984............|       100  |       87 |   87.0   |       77 |   77.1   |       10 |   11.3   |       13
      1985 to 1990............|        36  |       31 |    (1)   |       27 |    (1)   |        4 |    (1)   |        5
      1991 to 1995............|        91  |       83 |   91.0   |       76 |   82.5   |        8 |    9.3   |        8
      Year not available......|       167  |      118 |   70.9   |      112 |   67.0   |        7 |    5.6   |       49
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
  1 Data not shown where base is less than 75,000.
  NOTE: Veterans are men and women who served in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, the Korean war, World Wars I
and II, and all other service periods. Information on specific periods of service appears in the Explanatory Note of
this release. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other
races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.