Chapter 5- Select Reserve Enlisted Accessions and Enlisted Force

The proportion of enlisted women is slightly less in the Selected Reserve than in the Active Component (16 versus 18 percent, respectively). However, as Table 5.10 illustrates, there are differences in the proportion of women among the Reserve Components. The Component with the highest proportion of women is the USAR (25 percent), while the ARNG has 11 percent and the USMCR, with the lowest proportion, has 2 percent (down from 4 percent in FY 1998). Differences in gender composition are the result of the types of units in the Components. For example, the ARNG and USMCR have mainly combat units and the USAR has primarily combat support and combat service support units.

Table 5.10. FY 1999 Selected Reserve Enlisted Members, by Gender and Component, and Civilian Labor Force 18–49 Years Old (Percent)
Gender	Army National Guard	Army Reserve	Naval Reserve	Marine Corps Reserve	Air National Guard	Air Force Reserve	Total DoD	18- to 49-Year-Old Civilians
Male	89.3	75.4	80.6	98.5	83.5	79.8	84.3	53.5
Female	10.7	24.6	19.4	1.5	16.5	20.2	15.7	46.5
Also see Appendix Table C-15 (Age by Component and Gender). Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, September 1999.