Accession Number:

ADA076790

Title:

The Social Representativeness of the Volunteer Army

Descriptive Note:

Research memo.

Corporate Author:

ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA

Personal Author(s):

• Segal, David R.
• Daina, Bernard L.

Report Date:

1975-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

This memorandum summarizes a comparison of the social background of volunteer soldiers, derived from the Army Quarterly Survey of November 1974, with characteristics of the population of eligible military age derived from U. S. census documents. This comparison will serve as an indication of the degree to which the volunteer Army is indeed socially representative of the society which it defends.

Descriptors:

• *ALL VOLUNTEER
• *RECRUITING
• ARMY
• ENLISTED PERSONNEL
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• RECRUITS
• TABLES(DATA)

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE