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Representation
of Women within Occupations
The occupational assignments by gender of Selected
Reserve officers are shown in Table 6.9. More than half (51 percent) of
all female officers are assigned to health care positions, 13 percent
to administration positions, and 11 percent to supply, procurement and
allied occupations. As indicated in Appendix Table
C-31, the assignment of women into officer occupational areas differs
by component. Across components, female officers serving in health care
positions range from 30 percent in the ARNG to 57 percent in the USAR.
Two percent of USAR female officers hold tactical operations positions
compared to 10 percent in the ANG. As in the Selected Reserve enlisted
force, reasons for this distribution include the differing missions of
each component; the occupational preferences of female officers; the number
of Active Component female officers possessing such skills who join a
Selected Reserve unit after separation from active duty; the proportion
of technical skill unit vacancies; and direct ground combat exclusion
policies.
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Table 6.9. FY 2000 Occupational
Areas of Selected Reserve Officer Corps, by Gender (Percent)
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|
Occupational Area
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
| General Officers and Executives* |
0.6
|
0.1
|
0.5
|
| Tactical Operations |
40.5
|
4.5
|
33.8
|
| Intelligence |
5.3
|
5.6
|
5.4
|
| Engineering and Maintenance |
10.5
|
7.3
|
9.9
|
| Scientists and Professionals |
7.1
|
3.9
|
6.5
|
| Health Care |
14.4
|
50.7
|
21.1
|
| Administration |
6.3
|
13.3
|
7.6
|
| Supply, Procurement, and Allied
Occupations |
10.5
|
10.6
|
10.5
|
| Non-Occupational** |
4.9
|
4.1
|
4.8
|
| Total |
100.0
|
100.0
|
100.0
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Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Calculations do not include 682 male and 19 female O-6 officers
classified as general or executive officers by the Services.
** Non-occupational includes patients, students, those with unassigned
duties, and unknowns.
Also see Appendix
Table C-31 (Occupational Area by Component and Gender). |
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