Selected Reserve Enlisted Force
Marital Status

 

Just over half of Selected Reserve members are married (Table 5.11).  This proportion is lower than for the comparable civilian population (58 percent), and for enlisted members in the Active Component (52 percent).  The proportion of married female Selected Reserve members (37 percent) is much lower than the proportion of married female civilians (53 percent).  This difference is in part explained by the younger age of women enlisted members compared to their civilian counterparts.

Table 5.11.  FY 1999 Married Selected Reserve Enlisted Members, by Gender, and Civilian Labor Force 18–49 Years Old (Percent)
Gender	DoD	18- to 49-Year-Old Civilians
Male	53.2	56.9
Female	36.7	53.2
Total	50.6	55.2
Also see Appendix Table C-16 (Age by Marital Status and Gender). Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, September 1999.