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Age. The largest proportions of FY 1997 NPS Reserve Component accessions were in the 17- to 19-year age group
(Table 5.2). The one exception to this trend was the USNR, which had 66 percent falling in the 25- to 34-year age group. This percentage is substantially larger than the 47 percent falling in the 25- to
34-year age group in FY 1996, as there were significant drops in the 17- to 19-year age group (7 percent to 1 percent from FY 1996 to FY 1997) and the 20- to 24-year age group (10 percent to 2 percent from FY 1996 to FY
1997). This may have been a result of the decrease in the percentage of unknown NPS Reserve Component accessions for the USNR (21 percent to 11 percent from FY 1996 to FY 1997). Several factors contribute to age differences within the Reserve Component, including the size of the recruiting mission and the incentives used by recruiters.
ARNG and USAR recruiters work extensively with the high school population because of the size of their respective NPS recruiting missions. Although the high school senior market is their primary target, recruiters
use the split training option as an important incentive. This option allows high school juniors to enlist and attend basic training after their junior year of high school, and then enter skill training a year
later upon graduating from high school. In FY 1997, 39 and 20 percent, respectively, of ARNG and USAR NPS recruits were students still enrolled in high school.
Table 5.2. FY 1997 Selected Reserve Non-Prior Service Enlisted Accessions, by Age and Component,
and Civilian Labor Force 17-35 Years Old (Percent) |
Age
Group |
Army
National Guard |
Army
Reserve |
Naval
Reserve |
Marine Corps Reserve |
Air
National
Guard |
Air
Force
Reserve |
Total
DoD |
17-35
Year-Old
Civilians |
17-19 |
62.1 |
66.6 |
0.5 |
66.7 |
49.7 |
42.2 |
59.3 |
15.6 |
20-24 |
24.0 |
23.9 |
2.3 |
27.5 |
34.0 |
37.3 |
24.1 |
23.9 |
25-29 |
8.3 |
6.2 |
33.9 |
5.2 |
10.5 |
13.6 |
9.0 |
25.9 |
30-34 |
3.5 |
2.7 |
32.0 |
0.5 |
5.3 |
6.3 |
4.7 |
28.5 |
35-39 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
19.7 |
* |
0.4 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
6.1 |
40-44 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
* |
0.0 |
0.2 |
|
45-49 |
0.2 |
* |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
50+ |
0.1 |
* |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
|
Unknown |
0.2 |
0.5 |
11.2 |
0.1 |
* |
0.0 |
0.9 |
|
Total
|
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Less than one-tenth of one percent.
Also see Appendix Tables C-1
(Age by Component and Gender) and C-2
(Age by Marital Status and Gender).
Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File, October 1996-September 1997. |
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