TABLE 5.-Money income in 1964 of male war veteran and nonveteran unrelated individuals in the United States, by age War veterans Nonveterans War veterans Nonveterans War veterans Nonveterans War veterans Nonveterans 1 Rounds to zero. 2 Computed from unrounded data, and rounded to the nearest $10. 3 Distribution and median not shown when base is less than 100,000. NOTE. The distributions in all the tables are shown to the nearest 10th of a percent for the use of technicians in combining income classes in their analyses of the data, and not to indicate this degree of accuracy. In developing estimates, particularly for smaller population bases, percents should be rounded to the nearest whole percent. SOURCE AND RELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES SOURCE OF DATA Information about the 1964 income of male civilian noninstitutional war veterans and nonveterans in the United States was derived from the Bureau of the Census' matched February-March 1965 Current Population Survey sample of approximately 25,000 households. The family relationship data are shown for families headed by male war veterans and nonveterans, and for war veterans and nonveterans living alone or with nonrelatives (unrelated individuals). The work experience data are shown for all war veterans and nonveterans, and for nonworkers by veteran status. The income-family relationship and the income-work experience distributions were applied by age and veteran status to the independent VA estimates by age and veteran status of the male civilian noninstitutional population in the United States to develop the income data presented in the tables. Although income and work experience data are for the year 1964, the age and family relationship refers to March 1965. (For details of the survey see Consumer Income, Current Population Reports Series P-60, No. 47, September 24, 1965, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C.) Money income was the sum of money wages and salaries, net money income from self-employment, and money income other than earnings such as Social Security, veterans' payments, interest and dividends, annuities, etc. The income of families (Tables 3 and 4) was the amount received by all members of the family. The income by work experience (Tables 1 and 2), and the income of war veteran and nonveteran unrelated individuals (Table 5) was that received by the veteran alone. All families includes family groups in which the war veteran or nonveteran was married (wife present or absent), or he was widowed, divorced, or never married, but still the head of a family. Husband-wife families are family groups in which the war veteran or nonveteran head was married and his wife was present. War veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces during a war period (Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean Conflict), have been separated from active duty, and are now in the civilian noninstitutional population of the United States. Nonveterans are men who have never served in the Armed Forces. The number of nonveterans in each age group was derived by subtracting the sum of the war veterans and post-Korean veterans (not included in the tables) in the age group from the total male civilian noninstitutional population of the United States in that age group. The civilian noninstitutional population excludes all members of the Armed Forces and inmates of penal institutions, chronic disease hospitals, nursing homes and the like. RELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES Since the estimates are based on a sample, they may differ somewhat from the figures that would have been obtained if a complete census had been taken using the same schedules, instructions, and enumerators. As in any survey work, the results are subject to errors of response and of reporting, as well as being subject to sampling variability. The standard error is primarily a measure of sampling variability, that is, of the variations that occur by chance because a sample rather than the whole of the population is surveyed. As calculated for this report, the standard error also partially measures the effects of response and enumeration errors but does not measure any systematic biases in the data. The chances are about 68 out of 100 than an estimate from the sample will differ from a complete census figure by less than one standard error. The chances are about 95 out of 100 that the difference would be less than twice the standard error. The following table shows the approximate standard error of an estimated percentage computed by using sample data for both the numerator and for the denominator of the percentage. The size of the standard error depends both on the size of the percentage and on the size of the class upon which the percentage is based. Standard errors of estimated percentages (68 chances out of 100) The table below shows illustrative standard errors of the 1964 median incomes. The age groups 65 years and over and 65-69 years have been used in this example. Also included, for convenience of comparison, are the number and median income of war veterans and nonveterans in each age group. Approximate standard error of selected median incomes (68 chances out of 100) Mr. DORN. I would also ask that there be included in the record a history of Spanish-American War veterans pensions which has also been furnished by Veterans' Administration. Without objection, this material will be included at this point in the record. |