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                        | Table B-32.  FY 1997 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Gender and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        SERVICE | 
                          | 
                        TOTAL DoD | 
                          | 
                        CIVILIANCOLLEGE GRADUATES* | 
                     
                    
                        | ARMY | 
                          | 
                        NAVY | 
                          | 
                        MARINE CORPS | 
                          | 
                        AIR FORCE | 
                          | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        | GENDER | 
                          # | 
                          % | 
                          | 
                          # | 
                          % | 
                          | 
                          # | 
                          % | 
                          | 
                          # | 
                          % | 
                          | 
                          # | 
                          % | 
                          | 
                          # | 
                          % | 
                     
                    
                        | a.  FY 1997 Active Component Officer Accessions | 
                     
                    
                        | Males | 
                        4,615 | 
                        80.46% | 
                          | 
                        3,294 | 
                        82.74% | 
                          | 
                        1,324 | 
                        92.72% | 
                          | 
                        3,442 | 
                        75.27% | 
                          | 
                        12,675 | 
                        80.64% | 
                          | 
                        6,546,178 | 
                        47.42% | 
                     
                    
                        | Females | 
                        1,121 | 
                        19.54% | 
                          | 
                        687 | 
                        17.26% | 
                          | 
                        104 | 
                        7.28% | 
                          | 
                        1,131 | 
                        24.73% | 
                          | 
                        3,043 | 
                        19.36% | 
                          | 
                        7,259,297 | 
                        52.58% | 
                     
                    
                        | TOTAL | 
                        5,736 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        3,981 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        1,428 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        4,573 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        15,718 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        13,805,475 | 
                        100.00% | 
                     
                    
                        | b.  FY 1997 Active Component Officer Corps | 
                     
                    
                        | Males | 
                        58,334 | 
                        85.79% | 
                          | 
                        46,678 | 
                        85.83% | 
                          | 
                        15,334 | 
                        95.83% | 
                          | 
                        61,975 | 
                        83.77% | 
                          | 
                        182,321 | 
                        85.85% | 
                          | 
                        14,186,042 | 
                        51.89% | 
                     
                    
                        | Females | 
                        9,660 | 
                        14.21% | 
                          | 
                        7,704 | 
                        14.17% | 
                          | 
                        668 | 
                        4.17% | 
                          | 
                        12,009 | 
                        16.23% | 
                          | 
                        30,041 | 
                        14.15% | 
                          | 
                        13,152,482 | 
                        48.11% | 
                     
                    
                        | TOTAL | 
                        67,994 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        54,382 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        16,002 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        73,984 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        212,362 | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                        27,338,524 | 
                        100.00% | 
                     
                    
                        |      * Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 1996-September 1997.
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                        | 
                                    Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 1997. | 
                     
                    
                        |         Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File. | 
                     
                 
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