Table B-28.   FY 2003 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Marital Status, Gender, and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
	SERVICE															CIVILIAN
	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			COLLEGE GRADUATES*
GENDER	Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried
a.   FY 2003 Active Component Officer Accessions
Males	29.49%	70.51%		28.19%	71.81%		30.27%	69.73%		38.47%	61.53%		32.54%	67.46%		50.28%	49.72%
Females	26.04%	73.96%		20.48%	79.52%		23.62%	76.38%		30.94%	69.06%		26.83%	73.17%		54.25%	45.75%
TOTAL	28.73%	71.27%		26.70%	73.30%		29.63%	70.37%		36.75%	63.25%		31.35%	68.65%		52.45%	47.55%
b.   FY 2003 Active Component Officer Corps
Males	70.51%	29.49%		67.79%	32.21%		70.12%	29.88%		74.28%	25.72%		71.06%	28.94%		71.29%	28.71%
Females	50.62%	49.38%		45.70%	54.30%		41.50%	58.50%		54.54%	45.46%		50.73%	49.27%		60.61%	39.39%
TOTAL	67.25%	32.75%		64.41%	35.59%		68.49%	31.51%		70.69%	29.31%		67.83%	32.17%		66.28%	33.72%
* Comparison group for officer accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2002-September 2003.
Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 2003.
Source:   Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.