| Table A-2 (Continued). FY 2003 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||||||||||
| b. Percent | |||||||||||||||||||
| AGE | MILITARY | 17-35 YEAR OLD | |||||||||||||||||
| MARRIED | UNMARRIED | TOTAL DoD | MARRIED CIVILIANS | ||||||||||||||||
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||||||||
| 16-17 | 1.09% | 2.07% | 1.35% | 23.49% | 30.20% | 24.83% | 21.87% | 27.39% | 23.00% | 0.05% | 0.14% | 0.10% | |||||||
| 18 | 3.48% | 5.61% | 4.04% | 24.95% | 25.26% | 25.02% | 23.40% | 23.30% | 23.38% | 0.13% | 0.42% | 0.29% | |||||||
| 19 | 5.56% | 8.04% | 6.21% | 15.18% | 14.34% | 15.01% | 14.48% | 13.71% | 14.32% | 0.34% | 0.89% | 0.64% | |||||||
| 20 | 7.06% | 10.14% | 7.87% | 10.06% | 8.79% | 9.80% | 9.84% | 8.93% | 9.65% | 0.81% | 1.42% | 1.14% | |||||||
| 21 | 8.35% | 10.18% | 8.83% | 7.10% | 6.09% | 6.90% | 7.19% | 6.50% | 7.05% | 1.18% | 2.05% | 1.65% | |||||||
| 22 | 9.20% | 10.34% | 9.49% | 5.28% | 4.48% | 5.13% | 5.57% | 5.07% | 5.47% | 2.04% | 2.80% | 2.45% | |||||||
| 23 | 9.56% | 9.29% | 9.49% | 3.81% | 3.02% | 3.65% | 4.23% | 3.65% | 4.11% | 2.72% | 3.46% | 3.12% | |||||||
| 24 | 8.84% | 7.54% | 8.50% | 2.76% | 2.00% | 2.61% | 3.20% | 2.55% | 3.06% | 3.48% | 4.55% | 4.07% | |||||||
| 25 | 8.06% | 6.37% | 7.62% | 1.94% | 1.47% | 1.85% | 2.39% | 1.96% | 2.30% | 4.27% | 4.79% | 4.55% | |||||||
| 26 | 7.33% | 5.58% | 6.87% | 1.36% | 1.06% | 1.30% | 1.79% | 1.51% | 1.74% | 5.24% | 5.61% | 5.44% | |||||||
| 27 | 6.34% | 5.16% | 6.03% | 1.07% | 0.79% | 1.01% | 1.45% | 1.22% | 1.41% | 6.34% | 6.31% | 6.33% | |||||||
| 28 | 5.19% | 3.67% | 4.80% | 0.76% | 0.62% | 0.73% | 1.08% | 0.92% | 1.05% | 6.65% | 7.12% | 6.91% | |||||||
| 29 | 4.56% | 3.63% | 4.32% | 0.57% | 0.46% | 0.55% | 0.86% | 0.78% | 0.84% | 7.24% | 7.07% | 7.15% | |||||||
| 30 | 3.79% | 2.70% | 3.50% | 0.45% | 0.32% | 0.42% | 0.69% | 0.56% | 0.66% | 8.59% | 7.80% | 8.16% | |||||||
| 31 | 3.61% | 2.71% | 3.38% | 0.37% | 0.34% | 0.36% | 0.60% | 0.58% | 0.60% | 9.13% | 8.49% | 8.78% | |||||||
| 32 | 2.94% | 2.49% | 2.82% | 0.35% | 0.27% | 0.33% | 0.54% | 0.49% | 0.53% | 9.87% | 9.34% | 9.58% | |||||||
| 33 | 2.54% | 2.21% | 2.45% | 0.27% | 0.27% | 0.27% | 0.44% | 0.46% | 0.44% | 10.41% | 9.49% | 9.91% | |||||||
| 34 | 2.32% | 2.13% | 2.27% | 0.21% | 0.20% | 0.21% | 0.37% | 0.39% | 0.37% | 10.36% | 9.06% | 9.65% | |||||||
| 35 | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 11.14% | 9.17% | 10.07% | |||||||
| 36+ | 0.14% | 0.11% | 0.13% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | NA | NA | NA | |||||||
| TOTAL | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | |||||||
| * Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2003. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2002-September 2003. | |||||||||||||||||||