Table B-5

Table B-5.  FY 1997 NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by AFQT Category, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

 

a.  Number

 
   

AFQT CATEGORY

TOTAL

 
 

GENDER

      I

     II

    IIIA

    IIIB

     IV

Other/Unk.*

 
 

ARMY

 
 

   Males

2,603

20,028

17,243

18,768

1,490

324

60,456

 
 

   Females

431

5,108

5,700

3,870

71

91

15,271

 
 

   Total

3,034

25,136

22,943

22,638

1,561

415

75,727

 
 

NAVY

 
 

   Males

2,172

15,516

10,080

14,207

17

204

42,196

 
 

   Females

212

2,327

2,145

2,210

1

40

6,935

 
 

   Total

2,384

17,843

12,225

16,417

18

244

49,131

 
 

MARINE CORPS

 
 

   Males

1,038

10,611

8,452

11,207

153

48

31,509

 
 

   Females

58

839

827

705

7

4

2,440

 
 

   Total

1,096

11,450

9,279

11,912

160

52

33,949

 
 

AIR FORCE

 
 

   Males

1,245

9,942

6,222

4,077

50

130

21,666

 
 

   Females

286

3,248

2,718

2,136

5

29

8,422

 
 

   Total

1,531

13,190

8,940

6,213

55

159

30,088

 
 

TOTAL DoD

 
 

   Males

7,058

56,097

41,997

48,259

1,710

706

155,827

 
 

   Females

987

11,522

11,390

8,921

84

164

33,068

 
 

   Total

8,045

67,619

53,387

57,180

1,794

870

188,895

 
 

1980, 18-23 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS

 
 

   Males

1,286,646

3,785,416

1,853,499

2,056,399

2,628,481

1,280,715

12,891,156

 
 

   Females

731,527

3,370,373

2,032,982

2,589,632

2,716,012

1,077,339

12,517,865

 
 

   Total

2,018,173

7,155,789

3,886,481

4,646,031

5,344,493

2,358,054

25,409,021

 
 

    Source:  Civilian data from Profile of American Youth  (Washington, DC:  Office of the Assistant Secretary  of Defense

 

    [Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics], 1982).

 

*  Service numbers include unknowns. Civilian numbers include AFQT Category V.

 

ARMY

 
 

   Males

4.31%

33.13%

28.52%

31.04%

2.46%

0.54%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

2.82%

33.45%

37.33%

25.34%

0.46%

0.60%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

4.01%

33.19%

30.30%

29.89%

2.06%

0.55%

100.00%

 
 

NAVY

 
 

   Males

5.15%

36.77%

23.89%

33.67%

0.04%

0.48%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

3.06%

33.55%

30.93%

31.87%

0.01%

0.58%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

4.85%

36.32%

24.88%

33.41%

0.04%

0.50%

100.00%

 
 

MARINE CORPS

 
 

   Males

3.29%

33.68%

26.82%

35.57%

0.49%

0.15%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

2.38%

34.39%

33.89%

28.89%

0.29%

0.16%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

3.23%

33.73%

27.33%

35.09%

0.47%

0.15%

100.00%

 
 

AIR FORCE

 
 

   Males

5.75%

45.89%

28.72%

18.82%

0.23%

0.60%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

3.40%

38.57%

32.27%

25.36%

0.06%

0.34%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

5.09%

43.84%

29.71%

20.65%

0.18%

0.53%

100.00%

 
 

TOTAL DoD

 
 

   Males

4.53%

36.00%

26.95%

30.97%

1.10%

0.45%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

2.98%

34.84%

34.44%

26.98%

0.25%

0.50%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

4.26%

35.80%

28.26%

30.27%

0.95%

0.46%

100.00%

 
 

1980, 18-23 YEAR OLD CIVILIANS

 
 

   Males

9.98%

29.36%

14.38%

15.95%

20.39%

9.93%

100.00%

 
 

   Females

5.84%

26.92%

16.24%

20.69%

21.70%

8.61%

100.00%

 
 

   Total

7.94%

28.16%

15.30%

18.28%

21.03%

9.28%

100.00%

 
 

   Rows may not add to totals due to rounding.

 

   Source:  Civilian data from Profile of American Youth  (Washington, DC:  Office of the Assistant Secretary  of Defense [Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics], 1982).

 

*  Service numbers include unknowns. Civilian numbers include AFQT Category V.

 

 

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