Ongoing Survey Research on Post-9/11 Veterans

Teryn Mattox ; Michael Pollard

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Military Veterans;    Survey Research Methodology;    RAND-initiated;   

DOI  :  10.7249/RR1532
RP-ID  :  RR-1532-RC

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

Federal agencies, researchers, and veterans' advocacy groups have issued imperatives highlighting important gaps in our knowledge of the trajectory of reintegration and related problems faced by post-9/11 veterans. There are a number of ongoing surveys that can be used to address the needs of post-9/11 veterans, but no comparative information exists that assesses the strengths and weaknesses of these efforts. To that end, this report documents the results of a review of the survey research landscape examining post-9/11 veterans. The authors limited their search to repeated surveys because surveys conducted in an ongoing way can provide rich information about the trajectory of veterans' well-being over time. This review provides a comprehensive look at nationally representative and repeated surveys of post-9/11 U.S. military veterans. The authors identified 11 surveys as having sufficient sample sizes of post-9/11 veterans and robust sampling procedures. This information should be useful to researchers and policymakers interested in the breadth, quality, and representativeness of research on post-9/11 veterans that shows the trajectory of these individuals' reintegration into civilian life.