For details, see J. Huston McCulloch, "An Economic Analysis of the Volunteer Military," Report of the President's Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force (GPO, 1971), pp. II-9-1 to II-9-19.
Since this is not a time series, you must select "undated" when you create the new workfile with File (on EViews window) - New - Workfile, and must enter 1 in the "Start Observation" box, and 20 in the "End Observation" box. Then in the workfile window, select Procs - Import - Read Text/Lotus/Excel. Click on MILDATA.TXT in the folder where you have saved it. Place the variable names RACE ED YOS MIL CIV PAY in the variable name box, and click OK. You probably want to save this as MILDATA.WF1 for future reference.
The 5 columns contain the following data series, obtained from
the Federal Reserve of
St. Louis FRED data bank.
EViews Order form (OSU Students and Faculty only)
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