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Title: Data Limitations Affecting Analysis of Minority Military Members: Why We Dont Know As Much As We Should About the U.S. Military and its Minority Members

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: Social science analysis relies on a limited number of data sources and the design of these surveysdetermines what questions can be answered with those data. Two forces have acted to preventadequate collection of data and subsequent understanding of the military: the definition ofsoldiers as an institutionalized population and the definition of military service as a genderedoccupation dominated by males. This has resulted in the exclusion of military personnel fromnational federal and academic surveys, male WWII veteran under enumeration in the census,women veterans being understudied for three-fourths of the century, Black male WWII veteranpost-service attainment not being well documented, and incomplete understanding of Blackincome, marriage rates and single-parent households relative to other races and ethnicities.Creating a more inclusive (from adding military members to studies) and thereby a morecomplete set of data provides a better lens to comprehending the complex sociological issues forgender, race and ethnic minorities.

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Authors: Bowling, Kirby L.; Segal, David R.

Conference Name: 6th Biennial DEOMI EO/EEO Research Symposium

Publisher Location: Patrick Air Force Base, FL

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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