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Title: Population Benchmarking for the U.S. Department of the Air Force: Impact of Eligibility Requirements and Propensity to Serve on Demographic Representation

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Publication Year: 2023

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Abstract: KEY FINDINGS Eligibility requirements limit racial and ethnic minority representation, but propensity to serve offsets barriers to eligibility for these minorities. Eligibility requirements favor representation for women, but pro-pensity to serve is a key barrier to accessions of women. Body mass index, height, and education and aptitude requirements are the most important barriers to both enlisted and officer eligibility, but these requirements affect the eligibility of gender and racial and ethnic groups differently. Considering gender and race and ethnicity jointly, no minority group meets the demographic benchmarks of the U.S. population that is both eligible and has a propensity to serve across the three accession sources (enlisted, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and Reserve Officers Training Corps or Officer Training School). Examining Department of the Air Force benchmarks by considering gender concurrently with race and ethnicity highlights important differences otherwise not observed when considering these groups separately.

Url: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA988-1.html

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Authors: Berglund, Tiffany; Mariano, Louis T; Maerzluft, Christopher E

Publisher: RAND Corporation

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS

Topics: Gender, Race and Ethnicity

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