This survey shows the share of post-9/11 male and female veterans who joined the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find. 42 percent of female respondents stated that they joined the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find.
Did you join the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find?
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Pew Research Center. (December 22, 2011). Did you join the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/215035/post-9-11-veterans-who-joined-the-military-because-jobs-were-hard-to-find-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. "Did you join the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find?." Chart. December 22, 2011. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215035/post-9-11-veterans-who-joined-the-military-because-jobs-were-hard-to-find-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. (2011). Did you join the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215035/post-9-11-veterans-who-joined-the-military-because-jobs-were-hard-to-find-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. "Did You Join The U.S. Military Because Jobs Were Hard to Find?." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Dec 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/215035/post-9-11-veterans-who-joined-the-military-because-jobs-were-hard-to-find-by-gender/
Pew Research Center, Did you join the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/215035/post-9-11-veterans-who-joined-the-military-because-jobs-were-hard-to-find-by-gender/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Did you join the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find? [Graph], Pew Research Center, December 22, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/215035/post-9-11-veterans-who-joined-the-military-because-jobs-were-hard-to-find-by-gender/