Table A-5

Table A-5.  FY 1997 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by AFQT Category, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

 

a.  Number

               
 

GENDER

      I

     II

    IIIA

    IIIB

     IV

      V

Other/Unk.

TOTAL

 

ARMY

 

   Males

4,939

35,836

28,830

38,464

24,555

3,103

326

136,053

 

   Females

998

11,024

10,877

14,599

9,015

685

100

47,298

 

   Total

5,937

46,860

39,707

53,063

33,570

3,788

426

183,351

 

NAVY

 

   Males

3,644

22,933

15,208

20,582

10,189

1,044

341

73,941

 

   Females

481

4,638

3,832

4,776

1,954

115

79

15,875

 

   Total

4,125

27,571

19,040

25,358

12,143

1,159

420

89,816

 

MARINE CORPS

 

   Males

1,640

16,433

13,144

17,121

7,639

569

165

56,711

 

   Females

132

1,735

1,588

1,667

642

47

20

5,831

 

   Total

1,772

18,168

14,732

18,788

8,281

616

185

62,542

 

AIR FORCE

 

   Males

1,821

14,788

9,565

8,817

2,758

183

394

38,326

 

   Females

461

5,293

4,590

5,257

1,791

72

167

17,631

 

   Total

2,282

20,081

14,155

14,074

4,549

255

561

55,957

 

TOTAL DoD

 

   Males

12,044

89,990

66,747

84,984

45,141

4,899

1,226

305,031

 

   Females

2,072

22,690

20,887

26,299

13,402

919

366

86,635

 

   Total

14,116

112,680

87,634

111,283

58,543

5,818

1,592

391,666

 

1980,  18-23 YR  OLD CIVILIANS

 

   Males

1,286,646

3,785,416

1,853,499

2,056,399

2,628,481

1,280,715

0

12,891,156

 

   Females

731,527

3,370,373

2,032,982

2,589,632

2,716,012

1,077,339

0

12,517,865

 

   Total

2,018,173

7,155,789

3,886,481

4,646,031

5,344,493

2,358,054

0

25,409,021

 

    *  Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 1997.
        Source:  Civilian data from Profile of American Youth (Washington, DC:  Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
      [Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics], 1982).

 
 
 

ARMY

 

   Males

3.63%

26.34%

21.19%

28.27%

18.05%

2.28%

0.24%

100.00%

 

   Females

2.11%

23.31%

23.00%

30.87%

19.06%

1.45%

0.21%

100.00%

 

   Total

3.24%

25.56%

21.66%

28.94%

18.31%

2.07%

0.23%

100.00%

 

NAVY

 

   Males

4.93%

31.02%

20.57%

27.84%

13.78%

1.41%

0.46%

100.00%

 

   Females

3.03%

29.22%

24.14%

30.09%

12.31%

0.72%

0.50%

100.00%

 

   Total

4.59%

30.70%

21.20%

28.23%

13.52%

1.29%

0.47%

100.00%

 

MARINE CORPS

 

   Males

2.89%

28.98%

23.18%

30.19%

13.47%

1.00%

0.29%

100.00%

 

   Females

2.26%

29.75%

27.23%

28.59%

11.01%

0.81%

0.34%

100.00%

 

   Total

2.83%

29.05%

23.56%

30.04%

13.24%

0.98%

0.30%

100.00%

 

AIR FORCE

 

   Males

4.75%

38.58%

24.96%

23.01%

7.20%

0.48%

1.03%

100.00%

 

   Females

2.61%

30.02%

26.03%

29.82%

10.16%

0.41%

0.95%

100.00%

 

   Total

4.08%

35.89%

25.30%

25.15%

8.13%

0.46%

1.00%

100.00%

 

TOTAL DoD

 

   Males

3.95%

29.50%

21.88%

27.86%

14.80%

1.61%

0.40%

100.00%

 

   Females

2.39%

26.19%

24.11%

30.36%

15.47%

1.06%

0.42%

100.00%

 

   Total

3.60%

28.77%

22.37%

28.41%

14.95%

1.49%

0.41%

100.00%

 

1980, 18-23 YR OLD CIVILIANS  

 

   Males

9.98%

29.36%

14.38%

15.95%

20.39%

9.93%

0.00%

100.00%

 

   Females

5.84%

26.92%

16.24%

20.69%

21.70%

8.61%

0.00%

100.00%

 

   Total

7.94%

28.16%

15.30%

18.28%

21.03%

9.28%

0.00%

100.00%

    *  Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 1997.
        Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.
        Source:  Civilian data from Profile of American Youth (Washington, DC:  Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
       [Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics], 1982).

 

 

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