Table B-17

Table B-17.  FY 1997 PS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by AFQT Category, Service, and Gender
with Civilian Comparison Group

 

a.  Number

 
   

AFQT CATEGORY

TOTAL

 
 

GENDER

I

II

IIIA

IIIB

IV

Other/Unk.*

 
 

ARMY

 
 

   Males

310

1,941

1,277

1,342

87

74

5,031

 
 

   Females

26

263

197

195

5

14

700

 
 

   Total

336

2,204

1,474

1,537

92

88

5,731

 
 

NAVY

 
 

   Males

32

284

101

36

2

205

660

 
 

   Females

3

11

2

1

0

7

24

 
 

   Total

35

295

103

37

2

212

684

 
 

MARINE CORPS

 
 

   Males

8

84

46

42

0

1

181

 
 

   Females

0

3

3

4

0

0

10

 
 

   Total

8

87

49

46

0

1

191

 
 

AIR FORCE

 
 

   Males

12

13

2

1

0

159

187

 
 

   Females

2

5

1

0

0

27

35

 
 

   Total

14

18

3

1

0

186

222

 
 

TOTAL DoD

 
 

   Males

362

2,322

1,426

1,421

89

439

6,059

 
 

   Females

31

282

203

200

5

48

769

 
 

   Total

393

2,604

1,629

1,621

94

487

6,828

 
 

1980, 18-23 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS

 
 

   Males

1,286,646

3,785,416

1,853,499

2,056,399

2,628,481

1,280,715

12,891,156

 
 

   Females

731,527

3,370,373

2,032,982

2,589,632

2,716,012

1,077,339

12,517,865

 
 

   Total

2,018,173

7,155,789

3,886,481

4,646,031

5,344,493

2,358,054

25,409,021

 
 

    Source:  Civilian data from Profile of American Youth  (Washington, DC:  Office of the Assistant Secretary  of Defense [Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics], 1982).

 

*  Service numbers include unknowns. Civilian numbers include AFQT Category V.

 

b.  Percent

 
 

ARMY

 
 

   Males

6.16%

38.58%

25.38%

26.67%

1.73%

1.47%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

3.71%

37.57%

28.14%

27.86%

0.71%

2.00%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

5.86%

38.46%

25.72%

26.82%

1.61%

1.54%

100.00%

 
 

NAVY

 
 

   Males

4.85%

43.03%

15.30%

5.45%

0.30%

31.06%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

12.50%

45.83%

8.33%

4.17%

0.00%

29.17%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

5.12%

43.13%

15.06%

5.41%

0.29%

30.99%

100.00%

 
 

MARINE CORPS

 
 

   Males

4.42%

46.41%

25.41%

23.20%

0.00%

0.55%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

0.00%

30.00%

30.00%

40.00%

0.00%

0.00%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

4.19%

45.55%

25.65%

24.08%

0.00%

0.52%

100.00%

 
 

AIR FORCE

 
 

   Males

6.42%

6.95%

1.07%

0.53%

0.00%

85.03%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

5.71%

14.29%

2.86%

0.00%

0.00%

77.14%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

6.31%

8.11%

1.35%

0.45%

0.00%

83.78%

100.00%

 
 

TOTAL DoD

 
 

   Males

5.97%

38.32%

23.54%

23.45%

1.47%

7.25%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

4.03%

36.67%

26.40%

26.01%

0.65%

6.24%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

5.76%

38.14%

23.86%

23.74%

1.38%

7.13%

100.00%

 
 

1980, 18-23 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS

 
 

   Males

9.98%

29.36%

14.38%

15.95%

20.39%

9.93%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

5.84%

26.92%

16.24%

20.69%

21.70%

8.61%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

7.94%

28.16%

15.30%

18.28%

21.03%

9.28%

100.00%

 
 

   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).

 

*  Service numbers include unknowns. Civilian numbers include AFQT Category V.

 

 

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