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1.	Burk, James
1.	Patriotism and the All-Volunteer Force Journal of Political and Military Sociology 12 (Fall 1985): 229-241 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Journal of Political and Military Sociology Keyword(s): All-Volunteer Force (AVF); Military Enlistment; Military Service; Veterans Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper considers the impact of patriotic motives on decisions by youths to enlist in the armed forces. Based on an analysis of the 1980 NLSY, it argues against the conventional focus on levels of pay and other market-linked conditions of work as explanators of why youths enlist. The principal conclusion is that patriotism, defined as readiness to act in the service of one's country, plays a critical part in affecting the quality and composition of the All-Volunteer Force.
	Bibliography Citation Burk, James. "Patriotism and the All-Volunteer Force." Journal of Political and Military Sociology 12 (Fall 1985): 229-241.

2.	Fredland, John Eric Little, Roger D.
2.	Job Satisfaction Determinants: Differences Between Servicemen and Civilians Journal of Political and Military Sociology 11 (Fall 1983): 265-280 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: unknown Keyword(s): Job Satisfaction; Job Training; Marriage; Military Personnel; Military Service; Racial Equality/Inequality Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Univariate analysis indicates that job satisfaction in the military is lower than in the civilian sector. Multivariate analysis demonstrates that military service itself or the personal characteristics of servicemen exert little independent influence. Rather, specific elements of satisfaction which have policy implications-- feelings that the experience will be valuable later, for example--account for most of the difference. Racial differences and the likelihood of being married also suggest some policy alternatives. A small segment of each service who report being very satisfied with their military job appear to be influenced by different job satisfaction factors than the majority.
	Bibliography Citation Fredland, John Eric and Roger D. Little. "Job Satisfaction Determinants: Differences Between Servicemen and Civilians." Journal of Political and Military Sociology 11 (Fall 1983): 265-280.

3.	Shields, Patricia M.
3.	The Burden of the Draft: The Vietnam Years Journal of Political and Military Sociology 9 (Fall 1981): 215-228. Also: http://ecommons.txstate.edu/polsfacp/15/ Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University Keyword(s): Dropouts; Educational Attainment; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; High School Completion/Graduates; Military Draft; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Vietnam War Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study explores the draft during the Vietnam era. Using a national longitudinal sample of young men who were draft vulnerable over the period, it estimates the likelihood of being drafted for whites and blacks. Unlike other studies, it uses pre-service traits in the analysis. Data from a national longitudinal sample of 2,467 white & 953 black young men, interviewed in 1966 & 1973, who were draft-eligible during the Vietnam era, are used to estimate the likelihood of being drafted for whites & blacks. The burden of the draft fell unevenly on young men of this period. Individuals who possessed combinations of draft vulnerable personal characteristics, such as black high school graduates, paid a higher than average price. The strength of the draft pressure variable, however, shows the overwhelming importance of military demand. Men who were draft eligible during periods of high draft calls were least able to use the many deferment possibilities. Hence, the fortunes of war & the luck of the draw were important in determining who was drafted.
	Bibliography Citation Shields, Patricia M. "The Burden of the Draft: The Vietnam Years." Journal of Political and Military Sociology 9 (Fall 1981): 215-228.

4.	Useem, Michael
4.	Educational and Military Experience of Young Men During the Vietnam Era: Non-Linear Effects of Parental Social Class Journal of Political and Military Sociology 8 (Spring 1980): 15-29 Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University Keyword(s): Assets; College Education; College Enrollment; Military Service; Parental Influences; Schooling; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Vietnam War Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Parental social class is known to have a positive impact on the quality of many experiences of a son or daughter, and studies employing this variable often assume that the impact is linear. This paper argues, however, that failure to consider possible non-linear effects of parental socioeconomic status (SES) on offspring experience can significantly distort interpretation of the impact of social origins. Drawing on data from a nationally representative longitudinal study of 1,922 young men during the 1967-1970 period, the author examines the form of the relationship between parental SES and two important areas of their sons' experience-continuation of schooling and service in the armed forces during a three year period after the young men reached their eighteenth birthday. Educational and military experience are found to be better predicted as a second degree function of parental SES than as a linear function of parental SES. The evidence also indicates that the curvilinear relationship between linear relationship and military experience is partly the product of the non-linear relationship between social origins and education experience, suggesting that if non-linear effects of social origins and education experience in one institution are overlooked, the sons' experience in another institution may not be fully interpretable. Finally, a linear assumption is found to systematically underestimate the actual degree of inequality in the distribution of access to education.
	Bibliography Citation Useem, Michael. "Educational and Military Experience of Young Men During the Vietnam Era: Non-Linear Effects of Parental Social Class." Journal of Political and Military Sociology 8 (Spring 1980): 15-29.

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