Accession Number:

ADA365205

Title:

Armed Forces 1996 Equal Opportunity Survey: Administration, Datasets, and Codebook

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DATA RECOGNITION CORP MINNETONKA MN

Personal Author(s):

• Elig, Timothy W.
• Edwards, Jack E.
• Riemer, Richard A.

Report Date:

1997-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

910.0

Abstract:

At the request of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Defense Manpower Data Center DMDC conducted the first Joint-Service survey to assess active-duty service members perceptions of fair treatment and equal opportunity EO. After an extensive survey development process, the 16-page Equal Opportunity Survey EOS was administered from September 1996 through Febmary 1997. It was fielded to a nonproportional stratified random sample of 76,754 Service members in the Department of Defense DoD and Coast Guard. The response rate was 53, which is typical for large-scale surveys of DoD military personnel. This codebook documents survey development, sample constmction and allocation, survey-administration procedures, and datasets that resulted from the survey.

Descriptors:

• *STATISTICAL DATA
• *SURVEYS
• *EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• DEFENSE SYSTEMS
• MANPOWER
• JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES
• INFORMATION CENTERS
• ACTIVE DUTY

Subject Categories:

• Psychology
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE