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There Are 11 Nationally Representative and Repeated Surveys of Post-9/11 U.S. Veterans

• All identified surveys were funded through federal agencies.
• Seven surveys were repeated cross-sectional surveys, one was a longitudinal survey, and three were overlapping panel surveys.
• Four surveys were focused specifically on sampling veteran populations, while the other seven surveys sampled the civilian population more broadly. Three of the four veteran-focused surveys had veteran health outcomes as their primary research questions, while the fourth focused on veteran service utilization.
• Many of these surveys, particularly those aimed specifically at veteran populations, can be used to examine issues related to the veteran transition to civilian life at one point in time or over multiple points. Because of their cross-sectional nature, however, these surveys are not able to examine how individual veterans fare over time in their transition to civilian life.
• There is no longitudinal or overlapping panel survey that specifically examines issues uniquely relevant to the transition to civilian life for post-9/11 veterans and related outcomes.