The Veterans Metrics Initiative (TVMI) Transitioning Veterans Survey (TVS), United States, 2016-2019 (ICPSR 38051)
Version Date: Oct 7, 2021 View help for published
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Dawne Vogt, VA Boston Healthcare System; Boston University. School of Medicine;
Daniel F. Perkins, Pennsylvania State University. Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38051.v2
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The Veterans Metrics Initiative Transitioning Veterans Survey was designed to examine well-being as veterans transition from military to civilian life for three years from 2016 to 2019, and identify the use of transition and reintegration programs. The study aims are to:
- Document veteran well-being in four key domains--vocation, finances, mental and physical health, and social relationships--over the first three years of the transition from military to civilian life.
- Describe programs that are used by veterans as they reintegrate into civilian life, distill them into their components, and identify common components across programs.
- Examine the link between common program components and veteran well-being, and between program components and veteran characteristics or subgroups.
The study is administratively directed by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF).
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This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, some of the data files in this collection are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these restricted files researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement.
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This collection is cumulative dataset of 6 waves from 2016 to 2019.
- For additional information on The Veterans Metrics Initiative (TVMI) Transitioning Veterans Survey (TVS) study, please visit the TVMI website.
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The purpose of this study was to help better understand and identify ways to improve the transition experience from military to civilian life.
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Active Duty (Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine Corps) - Persons who had greater than 180 days of service and separated from one of the four active component service branches (i.e., active Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps) within 90 days prior to the date of the VADIR data extraction (regardless of whether the veteran continues to serve in the reserve component after separation from active duty service).
National Guard/Reserves - Persons in the reserve component (i.e., Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, or Marine Corps Reserve) who deactivated within 90 days prior to the date of the VADIR data extraction after serving a Title 10, active duty period greater than or equal to 180 days (and veteran continued to serve in the reserve component following the subject deactivation).
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Veterans in the VA/DOD Identity Repository (VADIR) Database
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The variables contain a large number of survey responses on veterans' experiences while reintegrating into civilian life, as well as demographic data and information on programs veterans participated in.
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2021-08-19
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2021-10-07 This study was updated to change the title and update variables in wave 3 and 4.
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The weights adjust for demographic and background differences in the likelihood of responding to the survey. The weighting method is based on cell weighting which adjusts the sample to match population counts to ensure that the sample is calibrated to the population for each cross-classification of the weighting variables. The weighting variables were gender, rank, and branch.
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