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                        | Table B-5.  FY 1997 NPS 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 | 
                        2,603 | 
                        20,028 | 
                        17,243 | 
                        18,768 | 
                        1,490 | 
                        324 | 
                        60,456 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        431 | 
                        5,108 | 
                        5,700 | 
                        3,870 | 
                        71 | 
                        91 | 
                        15,271 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        3,034 | 
                        25,136 | 
                        22,943 | 
                        22,638 | 
                        1,561 | 
                        415 | 
                        75,727 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        NAVY | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Males | 
                        2,172 | 
                        15,516 | 
                        10,080 | 
                        14,207 | 
                        17 | 
                        204 | 
                        42,196 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        212 | 
                        2,327 | 
                        2,145 | 
                        2,210 | 
                        1 | 
                        40 | 
                        6,935 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        2,384 | 
                        17,843 | 
                        12,225 | 
                        16,417 | 
                        18 | 
                        244 | 
                        49,131 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        MARINE CORPS | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Males | 
                        1,038 | 
                        10,611 | 
                        8,452 | 
                        11,207 | 
                        153 | 
                        48 | 
                        31,509 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        58 | 
                        839 | 
                        827 | 
                        705 | 
                        7 | 
                        4 | 
                        2,440 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        1,096 | 
                        11,450 | 
                        9,279 | 
                        11,912 | 
                        160 | 
                        52 | 
                        33,949 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        AIR FORCE | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Males | 
                        1,245 | 
                        9,942 | 
                        6,222 | 
                        4,077 | 
                        50 | 
                        130 | 
                        21,666 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        286 | 
                        3,248 | 
                        2,718 | 
                        2,136 | 
                        5 | 
                        29 | 
                        8,422 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        1,531 | 
                        13,190 | 
                        8,940 | 
                        6,213 | 
                        55 | 
                        159 | 
                        30,088 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        TOTAL DoD | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Males | 
                        7,058 | 
                        56,097 | 
                        41,997 | 
                        48,259 | 
                        1,710 | 
                        706 | 
                        155,827 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        987 | 
                        11,522 | 
                        11,390 | 
                        8,921 | 
                        84 | 
                        164 | 
                        33,068 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        8,045 | 
                        67,619 | 
                        53,387 | 
                        57,180 | 
                        1,794 | 
                        870 | 
                        188,895 | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        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. | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        ARMY | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Males | 
                        4.31% | 
                        33.13% | 
                        28.52% | 
                        31.04% | 
                        2.46% | 
                        0.54% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        2.82% | 
                        33.45% | 
                        37.33% | 
                        25.34% | 
                        0.46% | 
                        0.60% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        4.01% | 
                        33.19% | 
                        30.30% | 
                        29.89% | 
                        2.06% | 
                        0.55% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        NAVY | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Males | 
                        5.15% | 
                        36.77% | 
                        23.89% | 
                        33.67% | 
                        0.04% | 
                        0.48% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        3.06% | 
                        33.55% | 
                        30.93% | 
                        31.87% | 
                        0.01% | 
                        0.58% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        4.85% | 
                        36.32% | 
                        24.88% | 
                        33.41% | 
                        0.04% | 
                        0.50% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        MARINE CORPS | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Males | 
                        3.29% | 
                        33.68% | 
                        26.82% | 
                        35.57% | 
                        0.49% | 
                        0.15% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        2.38% | 
                        34.39% | 
                        33.89% | 
                        28.89% | 
                        0.29% | 
                        0.16% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        3.23% | 
                        33.73% | 
                        27.33% | 
                        35.09% | 
                        0.47% | 
                        0.15% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        AIR FORCE | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Males | 
                        5.75% | 
                        45.89% | 
                        28.72% | 
                        18.82% | 
                        0.23% | 
                        0.60% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        3.40% | 
                        38.57% | 
                        32.27% | 
                        25.36% | 
                        0.06% | 
                        0.34% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        5.09% | 
                        43.84% | 
                        29.71% | 
                        20.65% | 
                        0.18% | 
                        0.53% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                        TOTAL DoD | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Males | 
                        4.53% | 
                        36.00% | 
                        26.95% | 
                        30.97% | 
                        1.10% | 
                        0.45% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Females | 
                        2.98% | 
                        34.84% | 
                        34.44% | 
                        26.98% | 
                        0.25% | 
                        0.50% | 
                        100.00% | 
                          | 
                     
                    
                        |   | 
                           Total | 
                        4.26% | 
                        35.80% | 
                        28.26% | 
                        30.27% | 
                        0.95% | 
                        0.46% | 
                        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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