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Title: Determinants of Service in the Armed Forces During the Vietnam Era
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Shields, Patricia M. |
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Determinants of Service in the Armed Forces During the Vietnam Era Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1977 Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Military Draft; Military Recruitment; Vietnam War The paper explores the military recruitment process of the Vietnam era. It looks at three questions: who served, who was drafted, and who chose to enlist. A conceptual framework is developed which takes into account sociological, institutional, geographic, and economic factors. The data in this study are based upon the NLS of white and black Young Men. The age and the national representation of the sample allow an accurate representation of the population providing the military manpower during the Vietnam era. Draft pressure was the strongest prediction. Variables representing Selective Service draft classification such as health and fatherhood were significant. Surprisingly, blacks with poor health, unlike whites, were drafted at rates not different from average. Regardless of race, socioeconomic status was not related to the draft or 'who serves' dependent measures. Finally, civilian earnings are significant in predicting enlistment among whites. |
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Shields, Patricia M. Determinants of Service in the Armed Forces During the Vietnam Era. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 1977. |