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- Title
Gender and the propensity to enlist in the U.S. military.
- Authors
Segal, Mady W.; Segal, David R.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Freedman-Doan, Peter; O'Malley, Patrick M.
- Abstract
This article analyzes sex differences in high school seniors' propensity to enlist in the military, differences between military preferences and expectations, sex differences in the relationship between propensity and actual service, effects of background and educational characteristics, and post-high school activities of men and women who do not serve. Using data from the Monitoring the Future surveys, we find that young women's propensity to serve is lower than men's, but more women desire than expect to serve. The relationship between propensity and service is weaker for women than men and has not increased over time. Background characteristics and educational achievement and plans are less predictive of women's propensity and enlistment than men's, with the exception of higher race and ethnicity effects among women. Having children has a small negative effect on high propensity women's enlistment, but an even stronger positive effect on low propensity men's enlistment. More women desire and expect to serve than the military is enlisting.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GENDER; HIGH school seniors; GENDER differences (Psychology); RECRUITING &; enlistment (Armed Forces); ACADEMIC achievement
- Publication
Gender Issues, 1998, Vol 16, Issue 3, p65
- ISSN
1098-092X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12147-998-0022-0