1995 Employment Situation of Veterans — 1996-08-30

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.