Table A-7

Table A-7.  FY 1997 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

 

EDUCATIONAL TIER

   
 

TIER 1

TIER 2

TIER 3

TOTAL

 

GENDER

#

%

#

%

#

%

#

%

ARMY

   Males

115,490

84.89%

16,815

12.36%

3,748

2.75%

136,053

100.00%

   Females

42,955

90.82%

3,364

7.11%

979

2.07%

47,298

100.00%

   Total

158,445

86.42%

20,179

11.01%

4,727

2.58%

183,351

100.00%

NAVY

   Males

64,722

87.53%

4,739

6.41%

4,480

6.06%

73,941

100.00%

   Females

14,818

93.34%

540

3.40%

517

3.26%

15,875

100.00%

   Total

79,540

88.56%

5,279

5.88%

4,997

5.56%

89,816

100.00%

MARINE CORPS

   Males

53,788

94.85%

1,792

3.16%

1,131

1.99%

56,711

100.00%

   Females

5,651

96.91%

96

1.65%

84

1.44%

5,831

100.00%

   Total

59,439

95.04%

1,888

3.02%

1,215

1.94%

62,542

100.00%

AIR FORCE

   Males

36,940

96.38%

751

1.96%

635

1.66%

38,326

100.00%

   Females

17,051

96.71%

292

1.66%

288

1.63%

17,631

100.00%

   Total

53,991

96.49%

1,043

1.86%

923

1.65%

55,957

100.00%

TOTAL DoD

   Males

270,940

88.82%

24,097

7.90%

9,994

3.28%

305,031

100.00%

   Females

80,475

92.89%

4,292

4.95%

1,868

2.16%

86,635

100.00%

   Total

351,415

89.72%

28,389

7.25%

11,862

3.03%

391,666

100.00%

18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS

   Males

9,491,576

76.38%

**

**

2,934,895

23.62%

12,426,471

100.00%

   Females

10,083,244

81.12%

**

**

2,346,802

18.88%

12,430,045

100.00%

   Total

19,574,819

78.75%

**

**

5,281,697

21.25%

24,856,516

100.00%

*  Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 1997.
**  Civilian numbers and percentages combine tiers 1 and 2
Rows may not add to totals due to rounding
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 1996-September 1997

 

 

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