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 February 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/215035/post-9-11-veterans-who-joined-the-military-because-jobs-were-hard-to-find-by-gender/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. "Did you join the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find?." Chart. December 22, 2011. Statista. Accessed February 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215035/post-9-11-veterans-who-joined-the-military-because-jobs-were-hard-to-find-by-gender/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. (2011). Did you join the U.S. military because jobs were hard to find?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215035/post-9-11-veterans-who-joined-the-military-because-jobs-were-hard-to-find-by-gender/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 06, 2025)
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/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed