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Marital Status.  Approximately 11 percent of FY 1997 Selected Reserve NPS enlisted accessions were married (Table 5.5), which was a little higher than in the Active Component.  The marriage rates of prior service recruits look markedly different, with 42 percent married.  The FY 1997 prior service cohort, predominantly those leaving active duty enlisted service who chose to affiliate with the Reserves, were less likely to be married than active duty enlisted members (55 percent).  Also, prior service Reserve recruits were less likely to be married than their civilian counterparts, 20- to 39-year-old civilians in the labor force (52 percent).  Among FY 1997 NPS Reserve accessions, a slightly larger proportion of females were married than males, consistent with the trend in the 17-35 year-old civilian population.  Marital status differences by gender were reversed for FY 1997 prior service Reserve accessions; more males were married than females.

Table 5.5.  FY 1997 Married Selected Reserve Non-Prior Service and Prior Service Enlisted ccessions and Active Component Non-Prior Service Enlisted Accessions and Enlisted Members, by Gender, and Civilians (Percent)
Gender	Non-Prior Service Reserve Accessions	17-35 Year-Old Civilians	Prior Service Reserve Accessions	Civilian Labor Force, 20-39 Years Old	Non-Prior Service Active Component Accessions	Active Component Enlisted Members
Male	11.0	36.7	43.1	51.9	9.4	56.9
Female	11.7	43.3	36.0	52.0	13.2	45.9
Total	11.2	40.0	42.0	51.9	10.1	55.4
Also see Appendix Tables C-2 (NPS Age by Marital Status and Gender), C-10 (Prior Service Age by Marital Status and Gender), B-2 (NPS Active Component Enlisted Accession by Age, Marital Status and Gender), and B-23 (Active Component Enlisted Members by Age, Service, and Gender). Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 1996-September 1997.

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