B33 - Officers by Marital Status & Gender

 Table B-33. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Marital Status, Gender, and Service with
Civilian Comparison Groups

GENDER

SERVICE

 

TOTAL DoD

 

CIVILIAN COLLEGE GRADUATES*

ARMY

 

NAVY

 

MARINE CORPS

 

AIR FORCE

 

 

Married

Unmarried

 

Married

Unmarried

 

Married

Unmarried

 

Married

Unmarried

 

Married

Unmarried

 

Married

Unmarried

a. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Accessions

Males

27.56%

72.44%

 

27.09%

72.91%

 

33.64%

66.36%

 

32.30%

67.70%

 

29.45%

70.55%

 

50.59%

49.41%

Females

27.54%

72.46%

 

17.27%

82.73%

 

28.79%

71.21%

 

27.91%

72.09%

 

25.36%

74.64%

 

55.57%

44.43%

 

TOTAL

27.56%

72.44%

 

25.41%

74.59%

 

33.19%

66.81%

 

31.28%

68.72%

 

28.66%

71.34%

 

53.24%

46.76%

b. FY 1998 Active Component Officer Corps

Males

72.85%

27.15%

 

72.04%

27.96%

 

69.87%

30.13%

 

77.52%

22.48%

 

73.96%

26.04%

 

71.65%

28.35%

Females

54.18%

45.82%

 

50.99%

49.01%

 

42.82%

57.18%

 

55.95%

44.05%

 

53.79%

46.21%

 

62.00%

38.00%

 

TOTAL

70.17%

29.83%

 

69.00%

31.00%

 

68.63%

31.37%

 

73.93%

26.07%

 

71.05%

28.95%

 

67.23%

32.77%

 * Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 1997-September 1998.

 Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 1998.

 Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.


Last Updated on 11/29/99

 

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