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The differential impact of mortality of American troops in the Iraq War: The non-metropolitan dimension

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  • Katherine J. Curtis

    (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

  • Collin Payne

    (Australian National University)

Abstract

This study investigates the disproportionate impact of mortality among United States troops in Iraq on rural communities. We advance scholarly research and popular accounts that suggest a non-metropolitan disadvantage by disaggregating the risk of mortality according to the metropolitan status of their home county and by examining potential sources of variation, including enlistment, rank and race or ethnicity. Results show that troops from non-metropolitan areas have higher mortality after accounting for the disproportionate enlistment of non-metropolitan youth, and the non-metropolitan disadvantage generally persists across military branch and rank. Moreover, most of the differential is due to higher risks of mortality for non-metropolitan African American and Hispanic military personnel, compared to metropolitan enlistees of the same race or ethnicity.

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  • Katherine J. Curtis & Collin Payne, 2010. "The differential impact of mortality of American troops in the Iraq War: The non-metropolitan dimension," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 23(2), pages 41-62.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:23:y:2010:i:2
    DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.2
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    1. Alair MacLean, 2018. "A Few Good Men and Women: Gender, Race, and Status in the Wartime Volunteer Military," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 37(4), pages 591-613, August.
    2. Alessio Fornasin & Marco Breschi & Matteo Manfredini, 2019. "Deaths and survivors in war: The Italian soldiers in WWI," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 40(22), pages 599-626.
    3. Andrew London & Colleen Heflin, 2015. "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Use Among Active-Duty Military Personnel, Veterans, and Reservists," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 34(6), pages 805-826, December.

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    Keywords

    mortality; ethnicity; military; military mortality; Iraq War; nonmetropolitan impact; race/ethnicity;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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