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By comparison, the comparable figure was nearly 9% at the height of World War II.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Pew Research center survey that studied this military-civilian gap found that 84% of modern-era veterans saythe American public has little or no understanding of the problems that those in the military face. The public shares in that assessment, albeit by a less lopsided majority (71%) and so do veterans of pre-9\/11 wars (76%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2011\/11\/23\/the-military-civilian-gap-fewer-family-connections\/\">separate report<\/a> based on this survey noted that as the size of the military shrinks in the years following the phase-out of the draft in 1973, \u201cthe connections between military personnel and the broader civilian population appear to be growing more distant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While more than three-quarters (77%) of adults ages 50 and older said they had an immediate family member \u2014 a spouse, parent, sibling or child \u2014 who had served in the military, adults under the age of 50 now are much less likely to have family members who served in the military. Some 57% of those ages 30-49 say they have an immediate family member who served. 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