Gender
The proportion of enlisted women is slightly higher in the
Selected Reserve than in the Active Component (17 versus 15 percent, respectively)
which is a change from FY 1999 (16 versus 18 percent, respectively). Table
5.10 illustrates that there are more 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 12 percent and the
USMCR, with the lowest proportion, has 5 percent (up from 2 percent in
FY 1999). 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 2000 Selected Reserve
Enlisted Members, by Gender and Component, and Civilian Labor Force
1849 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
|
88.4 |
75.0 |
79.7 |
95.4 |
82.9 |
79.1 |
83.5 |
53.5 |
|
Female
|
11.6 |
25.0 |
20.3 |
4.6 |
17.1 |
20.9 |
16.5 |
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 2000. |
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