Chapter 5- AFQT

FY 1999 Selected Reserve NPS accessions are compared with civilian youth by AFQT category, gender, and Reserve Components in Table 5.7. The percentage of Reserve male recruits who scored in AFQT Categories I to IIIA was greater than for their civilian counterparts (60 versus 50 percent). Sixty-nine to 76 percent of USAR, USMCR, ANG, and USAFR NPS male accessions were in AFQT Categories I through IIIA, compared to 50 percent in the civilian group. Fifty-five percent of ARNG NPS male recruits scored in AFQT Categories I through IIIA, comparable to the civilian group. The differences between scores of female recruits and their comparable civilian group were similar to male accessions; however, ARNG NPS female recruits scored 2 percentage points higher in AFQT Categories I-IIIA than the comparable civilian group.

	Table 5.7. FY 1999 Selected Reserve Non-Prior Service Enlisted Accessions, by AFQT Category, Gender, and Component (Percent)
	AFQT Category		Army National Guard		Army Reserve		Naval Reserve		Marine Corps Reserve		Air National Guard		Air Force Reserve		Total DoD
MALES
I		3.9		5.8		0.2		8.7		7.8		6.4		5.1
II		29.1		34.8		4.5		41.4		47.7		43.0		32.2
IIIA		21.6		27.9		4.5		23.3		20.8		26.8		22.5
IIIB		37.9		24.7		5.4		23.7		21.2		22.9		30.6
IV		2.4		2.8		0.7		0.5		0.0		0.3		2.0
V		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0
Unknown		5.1		3.9		84.8		2.4		2.7		0.6		7.7
Total		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
FEMALES
I		2.2		3.0		0.2		5.0		4.0		3.7		2.6
II		26.6		29.3		1.5		41.7		37.8		33.3		27.4
IIIA		23.6		29.0		3.4		31.8		26.8		26.1		24.7
IIIB		43.6		33.1		2.7		17.3		30.7		36.9		35.5
IV		1.4		1.5		0.4		0.7		0.0		0.0		1.2
V		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0
Unknown		2.6		4.1		91.7		3.5		0.6		0.0		8.6
Total		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-5 (AFQT by Component and Gender) and C-6 (AFQT by Component and Race/Ethnicity). Source: Service data from Defense Manpower Data Center. The 1980 civilian comparison group distribution for the total population (males and females) is 7 percent in Category I, 28 percent in Category II, 15 percent in Category IIIA, 19 percent in Category IIIB, 21 percent in Category IV, and 10 percent in Category V. Civilian data from the Profile of American Youth (Washington, DC: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense [Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics], 1982).