Table A-2. FY 2002 Applicants* for Active Component Enlistment by Age, Marital Status, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
                                       
                                       
a. Number                                    
                                       
AGE MILITARY   17-35 YEAR OLD
MARRIED   UNMARRIED   TOTAL DoD   PERCENT MARRIED   MARRIED CIVILIANS
Males Females Total   Males Females Total   Males Females Total   Males Females Total   Males Females Total
16-17 263 165 428   66,154 23,856 90,010   66,417 24,021 90,438   0.40% 0.69% 0.47%   6,658 20,453 27,111
18 900 452 1,352   68,379 19,706 88,085   69,279 20,158 89,437   1.30% 2.24% 1.51%   19,127 56,892 76,018
19 1,371 663 2,034   41,777 11,112 52,889   43,148 11,775 54,923   3.18% 5.63% 3.70%   45,355 141,705 187,059
20 1,684 801 2,485   27,269 6,506 33,775   28,953 7,307 36,260   5.82% 10.96% 6.85%   75,220 208,110 283,329
21 1,977 862 2,839   19,400 4,402 23,802   21,377 5,264 26,641   9.25% 16.38% 10.66%   145,611 307,287 452,898
22 2,085 784 2,869   14,115 3,022 17,137   16,200 3,806 20,006   12.87% 20.60% 14.34%   210,883 424,817 635,700
23 2,057 698 2,755   9,887 2,151 12,038   11,944 2,849 14,793   17.22% 24.50% 18.62%   323,369 514,985 838,354
24 1,976 634 2,610   7,183 1,418 8,601   9,159 2,052 11,211   21.57% 30.90% 23.28%   409,677 660,251 1,069,928
25 1,835 554 2,389   5,060 980 6,040   6,895 1,534 8,429   26.61% 36.11% 28.34%   519,276 696,536 1,215,812
26 1,563 496 2,059   3,621 756 4,377   5,184 1,252 6,436   30.15% 39.62% 31.99%   628,970 815,085 1,444,055
27 1,387 413 1,800   2,788 614 3,402   4,175 1,027 5,202   33.22% 40.21% 34.60%   684,990 869,971 1,554,961
28 1,198 341 1,539   2,090 459 2,549   3,288 800 4,088   36.44% 42.63% 37.65%   733,126 924,883 1,658,009
29 937 296 1,233   1,642 355 1,997   2,579 651 3,230   36.33% 45.47% 38.17%   904,772 1,016,862 1,921,634
30 838 239 1,077   1,276 244 1,520   2,114 483 2,597   39.64% 49.48% 41.47%   968,386 1,131,667 2,100,053
31 711 249 960   1,089 253 1,342   1,800 502 2,302   39.50% 49.60% 41.70%   1,083,782 1,222,125 2,305,907
32 645 188 833   844 208 1,052   1,489 396 1,885   43.32% 47.47% 44.19%   1,125,556 1,223,194 2,348,750
33 546 160 706   704 185 889   1,250 345 1,595   43.68% 46.38% 44.26%   1,141,610 1,231,398 2,373,008
34 477 165 642   586 169 755   1,063 334 1,397   44.87% 49.40% 45.96%   1,168,745 1,233,974 2,402,719
35 13 5 18   13 2 15   26 7 33   50.00% 71.43% 54.55%   1,279,134 1,250,396 2,529,530
36+ 47 10 57   29 7 36   76 17 93   61.84% 58.82% 61.29%   NA NA NA
                                       
TOTAL 22,510 8,175 30,685   273,906 76,405 350,311   296,416 84,580 380,996   7.59% 9.67% 8.05%   11,474,246 13,950,589 25,424,835
                                       
 * Refers to NPS individuals whose first formal application (Physical or ASVAB) was in FY 2002.
 Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.                        
 Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 2001-September 2002.

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