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Chapter 8:

School Grades

School grades may be considered as a surrogate measure for aptitude.[Footnote 6] As Table 8.3 indicates, youth with lower grades (i.e., mostly B's or lower, accounting for approximately 52 percent of the youth participating in the Advertising Tracking Survey) have higher propensity for military service. This difference remained relatively constant throughout the 13 months covered in this chapter. In addition, no differences between groups were found in the direct assessment of the effects of the events on September 11th on the likelihood that respondents would consider military service.

Table 8.3. Propensity for Military Service by Census Region, High School Grades, and Time Period
 
Time Period
 
Mar-May 2001
Jun-Aug 2001
Sep 2001
Oct-Dec 2001
Jan-Mar 2002
Census Region
Northeast
7.1
15.2
24.4
15.2
15.2
Midwest
24.1
17.1
28.6
15.8
21.8
South
21.2
22.6
20.3
22.7
19.1
West
28.0
15.0
21.2
20.3
18.9
High School Grades
Lower
21.5
23.1
27.8
22.5
22.1
Higher
17.1
11.9
18.6
15.2
14.6

Source: Data provided by DMDC from the Advertising Tracking Study, March 4, 2001 - March 23, 2002.

 

[Footnote 6]  Other, more accurate (and more complex) surrogates for aptitude exist. See, for example, Orvis, B.R., Sastry, N., and McDonald, L.L. Military Recruiting Outlook:  Recent Trends in Enlistment Propensity and Conversion of Potential Enlisted Supply (Santa Monica, CA:  RAND Corporation, 1996). [back to paragraph]

 

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