A2 - Applicants by Age, Marital Status & Gender

Table A-2. FY 1998 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

a. Number

AGE

MILITARY

 

17-35 YEAR OLD

MARRIED

 

UNMARRIED

 

TOTAL DoD

 

PERCENT MARRIED

 

MARRIED CIVILIANS

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

16-17

350

134

484

 

74,913

24,741

99,654

 

75,263

24,875

100,138

 

0.47%

0.54%

0.48%

 

6,832

33,459

40,291

18

1,065

471

1,536

 

68,927

18,618

87,545

 

69,992

19,089

89,081

 

1.52%

2.47%

1.72%

 

19,627

73,506

93,133

19

1,284

605

1,889

 

37,882

9,548

47,430

 

39,166

10,153

49,319

 

3.28%

5.96%

3.83%

 

53,668

151,624

205,292

20

1,593

786

2,379

 

22,339

5,384

27,723

 

23,932

6,170

30,102

 

6.66%

12.74%

7.90%

 

112,513

240,622

353,135

21

1,772

731

2,503

 

14,310

3,379

17,689

 

16,082

4,110

20,192

 

11.02%

17.79%

12.40%

 

177,749

329,206

506,955

22

1,731

671

2,402

 

9,807

2,326

12,133

 

11,538

2,997

14,535

 

15.00%

22.39%

16.53%

 

237,219

401,529

638,748

23

1,718

616

2,334

 

7,021

1,685

8,706

 

8,739

2,301

11,040

 

19.66%

26.77%

21.14%

 

313,742

542,822

856,564

24

1,496

537

2,033

 

4,751

1,192

5,943

 

6,247

1,729

7,976

 

23.95%

31.06%

25.49%

 

422,955

662,829

1,085,784

25

1,291

450

1,741

 

3,272

844

4,116

 

4,563

1,294

5,857

 

28.29%

34.78%

29.73%

 

559,798

762,147

1,321,945

26

1,131

407

1,538

 

2,433

627

3,060

 

3,564

1,034

4,598

 

31.73%

39.36%

33.45%

 

715,839

890,200

1,606,039

27

887

342

1,229

 

2,019

592

2,611

 

2,906

934

3,840

 

30.52%

36.62%

32.01%

 

831,253

993,473

1,824,726

28

737

265

1,002

 

1,298

398

1,696

 

2,035

663

2,698

 

36.22%

39.97%

37.14%

 

897,038

1,086,444

1,983,483

29

549

240

789

 

898

257

1,155

 

1,447

497

1,944

 

37.94%

48.29%

40.59%

 

1,023,663

1,172,833

2,196,497

30

452

167

619

 

620

183

803

 

1,072

350

1,422

 

42.16%

47.71%

43.53%

 

1,052,694

1,195,822

2,248,515

31

411

149

560

 

518

168

686

 

929

317

1,246

 

44.24%

47.00%

44.94%

 

1,179,885

1,270,269

2,450,154

32

307

136

443

 

404

145

549

 

711

281

992

 

43.18%

48.40%

44.66%

 

1,216,996

1,274,152

2,491,148

33

318

108

426

 

359

121

480

 

677

229

906

 

46.97%

47.16%

47.02%

 

1,256,960

1,386,335

2,643,295

34

278

146

424

 

265

132

397

 

543

278

821

 

51.20%

52.52%

51.64%

 

1,400,726

1,455,449

2,856,175

35

6

2

8

 

6

1

7

 

12

3

15

 

50.00%

66.67%

53.33%

 

1,437,641

1,524,538

2,962,179

36+

5

1

6

 

3

4

7

 

8

5

13

 

62.50%

20.00%

46.15%

 

NA

NA

NA

TOTAL

17,381

6,964

24,345

 

252,045

70,345

322,390

 

269,426

77,309

346,735

 

6.45%

9.01%

7.02%

 

12,916,800

15,447,260

28,364,059

 * Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 1998.

 Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 1997-September 1998.

Table A-2 (Continued). FY 1998 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

b. Percent

AGE

MILITARY

 

17-35 YEAR OLD

 

MARRIED

 

UNMARRIED

 

TOTAL DoD

 

MARRIED CIVILIANS

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

 

Males

Females

Total

16-17

2.01%

1.92%

1.99%

 

29.72%

35.17%

30.91%

 

27.93%

32.18%

28.88%

 

0.05%

0.22%

0.14%

18

6.13%

6.76%

6.31%

 

27.35%

26.47%

27.15%

 

25.98%

24.69%

25.69%

 

0.15%

0.48%

0.33%

19

7.39%

8.69%

7.76%

 

15.03%

13.57%

14.71%

 

14.54%

13.13%

14.22%

 

0.42%

0.98%

0.72%

20

9.17%

11.29%

9.77%

 

8.86%

7.65%

8.60%

 

8.88%

7.98%

8.68%

 

0.87%

1.56%

1.25%

21

10.20%

10.50%

10.28%

 

5.68%

4.80%

5.49%

 

5.97%

5.32%

5.82%

 

1.38%

2.13%

1.79%

22

9.96%

9.64%

9.87%

 

3.89%

3.31%

3.76%

 

4.28%

3.88%

4.19%

 

1.84%

2.60%

2.25%

23

9.88%

8.85%

9.59%

 

2.79%

2.40%

2.70%

 

3.24%

2.98%

3.18%

 

2.43%

3.51%

3.02%

24

8.61%

7.71%

8.35%

 

1.88%

1.69%

1.84%

 

2.32%

2.24%

2.30%

 

3.27%

4.29%

3.83%

25

7.43%

6.46%

7.15%

 

1.30%

1.20%

1.28%

 

1.69%

1.67%

1.69%

 

4.33%

4.93%

4.66%

26

6.51%

5.84%

6.32%

 

0.97%

0.89%

0.95%

 

1.32%

1.34%

1.33%

 

5.54%

5.76%

5.66%

27

5.10%

4.91%

5.05%

 

0.80%

0.84%

0.81%

 

1.08%

1.21%

1.11%

 

6.44%

6.43%

6.43%

28

4.24%

3.81%

4.12%

 

0.51%

0.57%

0.53%

 

0.76%

0.86%

0.78%

 

6.94%

7.03%

6.99%

29

3.16%

3.45%

3.24%

 

0.36%

0.37%

0.36%

 

0.54%

0.64%

0.56%

 

7.93%

7.59%

7.74%

30

2.60%

2.40%

2.54%

 

0.25%

0.26%

0.25%

 

0.40%

0.45%

0.41%

 

8.15%

7.74%

7.93%

31

2.36%

2.14%

2.30%

 

0.21%

0.24%

0.21%

 

0.34%

0.41%

0.36%

 

9.13%

8.22%

8.64%

32

1.77%

1.95%

1.82%

 

0.16%

0.21%

0.17%

 

0.26%

0.36%

0.29%

 

9.42%

8.25%

8.78%

33

1.83%

1.55%

1.75%

 

0.14%

0.17%

0.15%

 

0.25%

0.30%

0.26%

 

9.73%

8.97%

9.32%

34

1.60%

2.10%

1.74%

 

0.11%

0.19%

0.12%

 

0.20%

0.36%

0.24%

 

10.84%

9.42%

10.07%

35

0.03%

0.03%

0.03%

 

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

 

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

 

11.13%

9.87%

10.44%

36+

0.03%

0.01%

0.02%

 

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

 

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

 

NA

NA

NA

TOTAL

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

 

 * Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 1998.

 Columns may not add to totals due to rounding.

 Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 1997-September 1998.

 

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