Table D-20.  Active Component Enlisted Members by Marital Status* and Service with Civilian Comparison Group, FYs 1973-2000
	SERVICE															18-44 YR OLD
FISCAL	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			CIVILIANS
YEAR	Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried		Married	Unmarried
1973	24.40%	75.60%		38.80%	61.20%		34.70%	65.30%		61.60%	38.40%		40.10%	59.90%		NA	NA
1974	29.70%	70.30%		41.00%	59.00%		36.00%	64.00%		62.90%	37.10%		42.70%	57.30%		NA	NA
1975	38.00%	62.00%		39.30%	60.70%		33.48%	66.52%		64.10%	35.90%		45.20%	54.80%		NA	NA
1976	45.20%	54.80%		40.90%	59.10%		34.20%	65.80%		64.90%	35.10%		48.30%	51.70%		NA	NA
1977	47.80%	52.20%		44.80%	55.20%		33.40%	66.60%		63.40%	36.60%		49.70%	50.30%		64.3%	35.7%
1978	47.80%	52.20%		43.40%	56.60%		32.70%	67.30%		62.00%	38.00%		49.00%	51.00%		63.0%	37.0%
1979	47.70%	52.30%		42.20%	57.80%		31.40%	68.60%		60.50%	39.50%		48.10%	51.90%		62.5%	37.5%
1980	46.30%	53.70%		40.70%	59.30%		30.60%	69.40%		58.90%	41.10%		46.60%	53.40%		61.3%	38.7%
1981	47.30%	52.70%		40.90%	59.10%		31.10%	68.90%		58.10%	41.90%		46.90%	53.10%		60.4%	39.6%
1982	49.10%	50.90%		43.10%	56.90%		34.50%	65.50%		58.60%	41.40%		48.60%	51.40%		59.9%	40.1%
1983	50.40%	49.60%		44.40%	55.60%		38.10%	61.90%		60.10%	39.90%		50.20%	49.80%		59.3%	40.7%
1984	51.10%	48.90%		45.60%	54.40%		39.80%	60.20%		60.70%	39.30%		51.10%	48.90%		59.2%	40.8%
1985	51.00%	49.00%		45.70%	54.30%		41.20%	58.80%		60.70%	39.30%		51.20%	48.80%		59.1%	40.9%
1986	51.50%	48.50%		45.90%	54.10%		41.90%	58.10%		61.00%	39.00%		51.60%	48.40%		59.0%	41.0%
1987	52.10%	47.90%		47.00%	53.00%		42.70%	57.30%		61.40%	38.60%		52.30%	47.70%		59.0%	41.0%
1988	53.00%	47.00%		47.20%	52.80%		43.20%	56.80%		63.20%	36.80%		53.00%	47.00%		58.5%	41.5%
1989	53.30%	46.70%		47.10%	52.90%		43.60%	56.40%		63.60%	36.40%		53.20%	46.80%		55.8%	44.2%
1990	54.60%	45.40%		48.70%	51.30%		44.20%	55.80%		65.20%	34.80%		54.50%	45.50%		55.9%	44.1%
1991	54.80%	45.20%		49.90%	50.10%		45.10%	54.90%		66.30%	33.70%		55.10%	44.90%		55.7%	44.3%
1992	52.90%	47.10%		51.20%	48.80%		45.80%	54.20%		66.30%	33.70%		54.90%	45.10%		55.1%	44.9%
1993	56.20%	43.80%		52.50%	47.50%		44.90%	55.10%		66.90%	33.10%		56.40%	43.60%		55.0%	45.0%
1994	57.18%	42.82%		54.25%	45.75%		44.57%	55.43%		67.12%	32.88%		57.36%	42.64%		54.9%	45.1%
1995	57.24%	42.76%		55.37%	44.63%		44.36%	55.64%		65.95%	34.05%		57.29%	42.71%		54.9%	45.2%
1996	55.99%	44.01%		55.47%	44.53%		43.61%	56.39%		65.18%	34.82%		56.57%	43.43%		54.3%	45.7%
1997	53.96%	46.04%		55.41%	44.59%		42.51%	57.49%		64.13%	35.87%		55.41%	44.59%		53.4%	46.6%
1998	52.07%	47.93%		52.39%	47.61%		41.46%	58.54%		62.56%	37.44%		53.36%	46.64%		52.4%	47.6%
1999	51.22%	48.78%		48.46%	51.54%		40.82%	59.18%		61.10%	38.90%		51.52%	48.48%		52.1%	48.0%
2000	49.66%	50.34%		45.80%	54.20%		40.25%	59.75%		59.37%	40.63%		49.72%	50.28%		51.5%	48.5%
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey monthly files.  Civilian data prior to 1989 represent calendar year.
*  Affected by large number of unknowns in FYs 1973-1976.  Because most unknowns were in their first year of service, and unlikely to be married,
they were coded as unmarried in calculating the percentage.