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Title: The Demographics of Military Children and Famalies

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: Since the advent of the all-volunteer force in the 1970s, marriage, parenthood, and family life have become commonplace in the U.S. military among enlisted personnel and officers alike, and military spouses and children now outnumber service members by a ratio of 1.4 to 1. Reviewing data from the government and from academic and nonacademic research, Molly Clever and David R. Segal find several trends that distinguish todays military families. Compared with civilians, for example, service members marry younger and start families earlier. Because of the requirements of their jobs, they move much more frequently than civilians do, and they are often separated from their families for months at a time. And despite steady increases since the 1970s in the percentage of women who serve, the armed forces are still overwhelmingly male, meaning that the majority of military parents are fathers.

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Authors: Segal, David R.; Clever, Molly

Periodical (Full): The Future of Children

Issue: 2

Volume: 23

Pages: 13-39

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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