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Age. The largest proportions of FY 1998 NPS
Reserve Component accessions were in the 17- to 19-year age group (Table 5.2). The one exception to this trend was the USNR, which had 62 percent falling in the 25- to 34-year age group. This was true, despite the
increase in the percentage of unknown age for NPS Reserve Component accessions to the USNR (11 percent to 21 percent from FY 1997 to FY 1998).
| Table 5.2. FY 1998 Selected Reserve Non-Prior Service Enlisted Accessions,
by Age and Component, and Civilian Labor Force 17–35 Years Old (Percent) |
| Age Group |
Army National Guard |
Army Reserve |
Naval Reserve |
Marine Corps Reserve |
Air National Guard |
Air Force Reserve |
Total DoD |
17- to 35-Year-
Old Civilians |
| 17–19 |
62.5 |
68.9 |
0.2 |
65.9 |
53.4 |
39.2 |
60.8 |
16.0 |
| 20–24 |
23.0 |
22.5 |
1.5 |
28.2 |
31.9 |
38.5 |
23.4 |
24.2 |
| 25–29 |
8.4 |
6.1 |
34.4 |
5.3 |
9.5 |
13.8 |
8.8 |
25.7 |
| 30–34 |
3.9 |
2.3 |
27.4 |
0.6 |
4.7 |
8.0 |
4.3 |
27.9 |
| 35–39 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
15.5 |
* |
0.4 |
0.5 |
1.4 |
6.2 |
| 40–44 |
0.4 |
* |
0.3 |
0.0 |
* |
0.0 |
0.2 |
|
| 45–49 |
0.2 |
* |
0.0 |
0.0 |
* |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
| 50+ |
0.1 |
* |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
| Unknow n |
0.2 |
* |
20.7 |
0.1 |
* |
0.0 |
1.0 |
|
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Less than one-tenth of one percent.
Also see Appendix Tables C-1
(Age by Component and Gender) and C-2
(Age by Marital Status and Gender).
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 1997 – September 1998. |
Several factors contribute to age differences within the Reserve Component,
including the size of the recruiting mission and the incentives used by recruiters. ARNG and USAR recruiters work extensively with the high school population
because of the size of their respective NPS recruiting missions. Although the high school senior market is their primary target, recruiters use the split training option as
an important incentive. This option allows high school juniors to enlist and attend basic training after their junior year of high school, and then enter skill training a year
later upon graduating from high school. In FY 1998, 33 and 21 percent, respectively, of ARNG and USAR NPS recruits were students still enrolled in high school. Go to next.
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