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Have you ever been on active duty for military training or service for two consecutive months or more? IF YES: What was your total time on active duty? A. In what branch of the service was that?
Branch of military service · Asked in 7 waves, 1974–1984 · 2,222 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Several | Air force guard | Air force | Navy | Army | National guard |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| General Social Survey 1984 | 1984-02-06 to 1984-04-20 | face to face | 1,473 | 268 |
| General Social Survey 1983 | 1983-02-23 to 1983-04-27 | face to face | 1,599 | 298 |
| General Social Survey 1982 | 1982-02-11 to 1982-04-27 | face to face | 1,860 | 317 |
| General Social Survey 1978 | 1978-02-13 to 1978-04-29 | face to face | 1,532 | 327 |
| General Social Survey 1977 | 1977-02-09 to 1977-04-24 | face to face | 1,530 | 342 |
| General Social Survey 1975 | 1975-02-28 to 1975-05-15 | face to face | 1,490 | 328 |
| General Social Survey 1974 | 1974 | face to face | 1,484 | 342 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
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| All respondents | 2% | – | 18% | 18% | 50% | 2% | 9% | 1% | – | 268 | ±7 | |
| Liberals † | 1% | – | 11% | 18% | 56% | 5% | 9% | – | – | 46 | ±16 | |
| Moderates | 2% | – | 24% | 17% | 45% | 4% | 5% | 2% | – | 97 | ±12 | |
| Conservatives | 1% | – | 17% | 18% | 53% | – | 11% | – | – | 116 | ±10 |
General Social Survey 1984 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.