Race/Ethnicity and Gender
The USCG percentage of Whites was slightly higher than the overall DoD
rate for officer accessions (83 and 79 percent, respectively) and officers
(86 and 83 percent, respectively), as shown in Table 7.7. By gender, the
USCG officer accessions were equally as likely to be male as were DoD
officer accessions (80 percent each). However, members of the USCG’s
officer corps were slightly more likely to be male than were DoD officers
(86 and 84 percent, respectively).
Table 7.7. Race/Ethnicity and Gender
of FY 2002 USCG and DoD Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer
Corps (Percent) |
|
Officer Accessions |
Officer Corps |
|
Coast Guard |
DoD |
Coast Guard |
DoD |
Race/Ethnicity
|
White |
82.2 |
79.0 |
85.8 |
82.5 |
Black |
5.8 |
9.1 |
5.0 |
8.5 |
Hispanic |
7.3 |
5.2 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
Other |
4.7 |
6.7 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Gender
|
Male |
80.6 |
80.9 |
86.3 |
84.4 |
Female |
19.4 |
19.1 |
13.7 |
15.6 |
Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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