Table C-7.  FY 2005 NPS Selected Reserve Enlisted Accessions by Education, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
                           
    EDUCATIONAL TIER        
    TIER 1*   TIER 2   TIER 3   TOTAL  
  GENDER #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %       
  ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                        
     Male 14,075 78.47%   3,804 21.21%   58 0.32%   17,937 100.00%  
     Female 3,928 87.25%   565 12.55%   9 0.20%   4,502 100.00%  
     Total 18,003 80.23%   4,369 19.47%   67 0.30%   22,439 100.00%  
                           
  ARMY RESERVE                        
     Male 5,355 98.17%   75 1.37%   25 0.46%   5,455 100.00%  
     Female 1,917 98.11%   25 1.28%   12 0.61%   1,954 100.00%  
     Total 7,272 98.15%   100 1.35%   37 0.50%   7,409 100.00%  
                           
  NAVAL RESERVE                        
     Male 2,595 94.26%   10 0.36%   148 5.38%   2,753 100.00%  
     Female 938 97.51%   1 0.10%   23 2.39%   962 100.00%  
     Total 3,533 95.10%   11 0.30%   171 4.60%   3,715 100.00%  
                           
  MARINE CORPS RESERVE                        
     Male 5,433 96.55%   184 3.27%   10 0.18%   5,627 100.00%  
     Female 306 99.03%   3 0.97%   0 0.00%   309 100.00%  
     Total 5,739 96.68%   187 3.15%   10 0.17%   5,936 100.00%  
                           
  AIR NATIONAL GUARD                        
     Male 2,554 94.66%   134 4.97%   10 0.37%   2,698 100.00%  
     Female 868 93.64%   53 5.72%   6 0.65%   927 100.00%  
     Total 3,422 94.40%   187 5.16%   16 0.44%   3,625 100.00%  
                           
  AIR FORCE RESERVE                        
     Male 1,705 96.11%   69 3.89%   0 0.00%   1,774 100.00%  
     Female 932 96.98%   29 3.02%   0 0.00%   961 100.00%  
     Total 2,637 96.42%   98 3.58%   0 0.00%   2,735 100.00%  
                           
  TOTAL DoD                        
     Male 31,717 87.51%   4,276 11.80%   251 0.69%   36,244 100.00%  
     Female 8,889 92.45%   676 7.03%   50 0.52%   9,615 100.00%  
     Total 40,606 88.55%   4,952 10.80%   301 0.66%   45,859 100.00%  
                           
  18-24 YR OLD CIVILIANS**                        
     Male 10,881,839 77.53%                **              **   3,153,179 22.47%   14,035,017 100.00%  
     Female 11,471,458 82.34%                **              **   2,459,609 17.66%   13,931,068 100.00%  
     Total 22,353,297 79.93%                **              **   5,612,788 20.07%   27,966,085 100.00%  
                           
  *    Includes accessions currently attending high school.  The following numbers of accessions are included in this category:  ARNG-6,457; USAR-  
        559; USNR-1; USMCR-163; USAFR-233.
  ** Civilian numbers and percentages combine Tier 1 and Tier 2.  
       Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.  
       Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of  Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2004-September 2005.