Description of Spouses of Officers and Enlisted Personnel in the U.S. Armed Forces. 1985. Supplementary Tabulations from the 1985 DoD Surveys of Officer and Enlisted Personnel and Military Spouses. Volume 1.

Abstract

This report contains tabulations from the 1985 DoD Survey of Military Spouses conducted for the Office of the Asst Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel) by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). Over 41,000 spouses, married to members of the four active-duty Services responded to an extensive questionnaire in Spring 1985. The questionnaire included items about personal and family military background, family composition, moving experiences, knowledge of and satisfaction with family programs and services, civilian labor-force experience and opportunities, and family economic resources as well as measures of satisfaction with various aspects of military policy which directly impact the family. The data in these volumes are organized into seven chapters, paralleling the discussion in the companion descriptive report plus technical material in a series of appendices. Chapter 2 of this volume contains an overview of the 1985 DoD Surveys of Officer and Enlisted Personnel and Military Spouses. Included in information about the survey design, the sample, data collections, response rates and the questionnaires.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA177686

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