Differences between ACS and IPUMS with regard to Federal Workers (Civil Servants)?

Hi Jeff,

I had a follow-up question to this. Since the ACS’ CLASSWKR variable subsumes armed forces members into the general category of government employees, is there any other variable that I could use to help me distinguish between non-armed forces federal government employees and armed forces federal government employees? Should I use the EMPSTAT variable along with CLASSWKR to identify active members of the armed forces (empstatd ==14 and Classwkr == 25)?

Thank you in advance for your help!