The authors of this report analyze data from the American Community Survey, providing valuable context for understanding the social and economic resource environment of veterans and their families and identifying potential gaps and needs.
Authors
- Division
- RAND Education and Labor RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute
- Pages
- 36
- Published in
- United States
- RAND Identifier
- RR-A1363-19
- RAND Type
- report
- Rights
- RAND Corporation
- Series
- Research Reports
- Source
- https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1363-19.html
Table of Contents
- About This Report 3
- RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute 3
- Funding 3
- Acknowledgments 3
- Contents 5
- Figures and Tables 7
- Figures 7
- Tables 7
- Veteran Families in America 9
- Project Overview and Background 9
- Motivation for Pursuing the Line of Research 9
- Data and Methods 10
- Households Age and Marital Demographics 11
- More Veteran Families Include Married or Partnered Couples 11
- Veteran Households Are Older 11
- More Veteran Households Have Children over 18 Years of Age 12
- Marriage Rates Are Higher Among the Veteran Population and Consist Mainly of VeteranNonveteran Marriages 13
- Male VeteranFemale Nonveteran Is the Most Common Composition of Single- Veteran Households 13
- There Is a Similar Number of Male and Female Same-Sex Veteran Marriages 14
- More Military Members Marry After They Transition to Veteran Status 14
- Diversity in Veteran Families 17
- 99.6 17
- 0.4 17
- 90.9 17
- 9.1 17
- The Number of Women and Racial Minority Veterans Has Increased over Time 18
- Economic Well-Being of Veteran Families 18
- Age Is Crucial in Understanding Employment Patterns of Veterans When Compared with Civilians 18
- 83 16.1 19
- 0.9 19
- CIVILIAN VETERAN 21
- 58.5 21
- 38.3 21
- 3.2 38.5 21
- 59.2 21
- 2.2 21
- 82.3 21
- 13.2 21
- 4.5 21
- 78.4 21
- 17.3 4.3 21
- Overall Veteran Household Incomes Are Higher Than Those of Civilian Peers 22
- Recommendations for Moving Forward 24
- How These Data Can Be Used 27
- Data and Methods Deep Dive 29
- The American Community Survey 29
- Determining When Couples Get Married in Relation to Military Service 29
- Additional Tables for the Interested Reader 31
- Abbreviations 33
- References 35
