Table B-13.  FY 2008 Prior Service (PS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
a.  Number
  MILITARY   17-35 YEAR-OLD
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   PERCENT MARRIED   MARRIED CIVILIANS1
AGE Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Males Females Total   Males Females Total
17 1 3 4 0 1 1 1 4 5 25.00% 0.00% 20.00% 6,863 5,777 12,640
18 6 56 62 2 20 22 8 76 84 9.68% 9.09% 9.52% 13,247 24,729 37,976
19 42 182 224 13 62 75 55 244 299 18.75% 17.33% 18.39% 37,007 45,516 82,523
20 79 222 301 42 50 92 121 272 393 26.25% 45.65% 30.79% 73,007 93,275 166,281
21 125 238 363 40 47 87 165 285 450 34.44% 45.98% 36.67% 118,669 126,926 245,595
22 242 341 583 55 51 106 297 392 689 41.51% 51.89% 43.11% 192,837 223,879 416,716
23 449 423 872 78 53 131 527 476 1,003 51.49% 59.54% 52.54% 267,744 311,508 579,253
24 491 474 965 109 39 148 600 513 1,113 50.88% 73.65% 53.91% 360,502 400,361 760,863
25 512 423 935 88 42 130 600 465 1,065 54.76% 67.69% 56.34% 516,193 497,721 1,013,914
26 525 382 907 83 47 130 608 429 1,037 57.88% 63.85% 58.63% 628,342 598,126 1,226,468
27 459 321 780 66 38 104 525 359 884 58.85% 63.46% 59.39% 743,250 670,635 1,413,885
28 430 281 711 56 26 82 486 307 793 60.48% 68.29% 61.29% 888,133 759,726 1,647,859
29 391 223 614 51 19 70 442 242 684 63.68% 72.86% 64.62% 905,462 777,380 1,682,842
30 299 166 465 50 10 60 349 176 525 64.30% 83.33% 66.48% 976,367 814,336 1,790,703
31 295 142 437 48 11 59 343 153 496 67.51% 81.36% 69.15% 1,047,912 782,984 1,830,896
32 239 100 339 25 12 37 264 112 376 70.50% 67.57% 70.21% 1,047,162 778,865 1,826,028
33 209 92 301 32 10 42 241 102 343 69.44% 76.19% 70.26% 1,139,582 932,467 2,072,049
34 200 79 279 24 9 33 224 88 312 71.68% 72.73% 71.79% 1,128,903 839,381 1,968,284
35 178 78 256 13 11 24 191 89 280 69.53% 54.17% 68.21% 1,199,403 913,715 2,113,118
36+ 1,151 499 1,650 159 78 237 1,310 577 1,887 69.76% 67.09% 69.42% NA NA NA
TOTAL 6,323 4,725 11,048   1,034 636 1,670   7,357 5,361 12,718   57.23% 61.92% 57.85%   11,290,585 9,597,307 20,887,891
b.  Percent
  MILITARY   17-35 YEAR-OLD
MALES   FEMALES   TOTAL DoD   MARRIED CIVILIANS1
AGE Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Married Single Total   Males Females Total
17 25.00% 75.00% 100.00% 0.00% 100.00% 100.00% 20.00% 80.00% 100.00% 0.89% 0.67% 0.78%
18 9.68% 90.32% 100.00% 9.09% 90.91% 100.00% 9.52% 90.48% 100.00% 1.18% 2.40% 1.76%
19 18.75% 81.25% 100.00% 17.33% 82.67% 100.00% 18.39% 81.61% 100.00% 3.19% 4.21% 3.68%
20 26.25% 73.75% 100.00% 45.65% 54.35% 100.00% 30.79% 69.21% 100.00% 4.99% 7.21% 6.03%
21 34.44% 65.56% 100.00% 45.98% 54.02% 100.00% 36.67% 63.33% 100.00% 8.05% 9.49% 8.74%
22 41.51% 58.49% 100.00% 51.89% 48.11% 100.00% 43.11% 56.89% 100.00% 11.61% 15.31% 13.35%
23 51.49% 48.51% 100.00% 59.54% 40.46% 100.00% 52.54% 47.46% 100.00% 15.21% 20.23% 17.55%
24 50.88% 49.12% 100.00% 73.65% 26.35% 100.00% 53.91% 46.09% 100.00% 21.12% 26.35% 23.58%
25 54.76% 45.24% 100.00% 67.69% 32.31% 100.00% 56.34% 43.66% 100.00% 26.98% 33.24% 29.73%
26 57.88% 42.12% 100.00% 63.85% 36.15% 100.00% 58.63% 41.37% 100.00% 33.27% 37.71% 35.30%
27 58.85% 41.15% 100.00% 63.46% 36.54% 100.00% 59.39% 40.61% 100.00% 39.41% 40.91% 40.11%
28 60.48% 39.52% 100.00% 68.29% 31.71% 100.00% 61.29% 38.71% 100.00% 46.56% 47.15% 46.83%
29 63.68% 36.32% 100.00% 72.86% 27.14% 100.00% 64.62% 35.38% 100.00% 49.61% 50.96% 50.22%
30 64.30% 35.70% 100.00% 83.33% 16.67% 100.00% 66.48% 33.52% 100.00% 53.56% 53.98% 53.75%
31 67.51% 32.49% 100.00% 81.36% 18.64% 100.00% 69.15% 30.85% 100.00% 59.37% 54.70% 57.28%
32 70.50% 29.50% 100.00% 67.57% 32.43% 100.00% 70.21% 29.79% 100.00% 60.91% 56.76% 59.07%
33 69.44% 30.56% 100.00% 76.19% 23.81% 100.00% 70.26% 29.74% 100.00% 64.71% 62.64% 63.76%
34 71.68% 28.32% 100.00% 72.73% 27.27% 100.00% 71.79% 28.21% 100.00% 64.67% 62.26% 63.62%
35 69.53% 30.47% 100.00% 54.17% 45.83% 100.00% 68.21% 31.79% 100.00% 66.83% 61.22% 64.28%
36+ 69.76% 30.24% 100.00% 67.09% 32.91% 100.00% 69.42% 30.58% 100.00%      NA      NA      NA
TOTAL 57.23% 42.77% 100.00%   61.92% 38.08% 100.00%   57.85% 42.15% 100.00%   36.25% 36.04% 36.15%
       
  1. Comparison group limited to civilians in the workforce.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 17-35 year-olds in the civilian workforce, October 2007-September 2008 average.