Table B-5

Appendix B
 
a.  Number
 
 
AFQT CATEGORY
  
GENDER
      I
     II
    IIIA
    IIIB
     IV
Other/Unk.*
TOTAL
ARMY
   Males 2,102 15,935 14,788 18,831 1,940 159 53,755
   Females 327 3,771 4,312 4,594 219 29 13,252
   Total 2,429 19,706 19,100 23,425 2,159 188 67,007
 
NAVY
   Males 1,886 14,254 11,292 14,471 21 244 42,168
   Females 225 2,814 2,664 3,512 5 48 9,268
   Total 2,111 17,068 13,956 17,983 26 292 51,436
 
MARINE CORPS
   Males 955 10,201 8,297 10,856 332 57 30,698
   Females 60 768 733 729 8 2 2,300
   Total 1,015 10,969 9,030 11,585 340 59 32,998
 
AIR FORCE
   Males 1,216 10,262 6,632 5,054 55 416 23,635
   Females 229 3,022 2,827 2,516 9 89 8,692
   Total 1,445 13,284 9,459 7,570 64 505 32,327
 
TOTAL DoD
   Males 6,159 50,652 41,009 49,212 2,348 876 150,256
   Females 841 10,375 10,536 11,351 241 168 33,512
   Total 7,000 61,027 51,545 60,563 2,589 1,044 183,768
 
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
 
b.  Percent
 
 
AFQT CATEGORY
  
GENDER
      I
     II
    IIIA
    IIIB
     IV
Other/Unk.*
TOTAL
ARMY
   Males 3.91% 29.64% 27.51% 35.03% 3.61% 0.30% 100.00%
   Females 2.47% 28.46% 32.54% 34.67% 1.65% 0.22% 100.00%
   Total 3.62% 29.41% 28.50% 34.96% 3.22% 0.28% 100.00%
 
NAVY
   Males 4.47% 33.80% 26.78% 34.32% 0.05% 0.58% 100.00%
   Females 2.43% 30.36% 28.74% 37.89% 0.05% 0.52% 100.00%
   Total 4.10% 33.18% 27.13% 34.96% 0.05% 0.57% 100.00%
 
MARINE CORPS
   Males 3.11% 33.23% 27.03% 35.36% 1.08% 0.19% 100.00%
   Females 2.61% 33.39% 31.87% 31.70% 0.35% 0.09% 100.00%
   Total 3.08% 33.24% 27.37% 35.11% 1.03% 0.18% 100.00%
 
AIR FORCE
   Males 5.14% 43.42% 28.06% 21.38% 0.23% 1.76% 100.00%
   Females 2.63% 34.77% 32.52% 28.95% 0.10% 1.02% 100.00%
   Total 4.47% 41.09% 29.26% 23.42% 0.20% 1.56% 100.00%
 
TOTAL DoD
   Males 4.10% 33.71% 27.29% 32.75% 1.56% 0.58% 100.00%
   Females 2.51% 30.96% 31.44% 33.87% 0.72% 0.50% 100.00%
   Total 3.81% 33.21% 28.05% 32.96% 1.41% 0.57% 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.