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Title: Who Stays, Who Leaves? Attrition Among First-Term Enlistees
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Hosek, James R. Antel, John J. Peterson, Christine E. |
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Who Stays, Who Leaves? Attrition Among First-Term Enlistees Armed Forces and Society 15,3 (Spring 1989): 389-409. Also: http://afs.sagepub.com/content/15/3/389.abstract Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society Keyword(s): Attrition; Military Enlistment; Military Service Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Since the advent of US voluntary military service, some 30% of each enlisting cohort have left before completing their first term, & attrition rates remain near this level even though over 90% of recent cohorts are high school graduates. Here, individual-level data from 1979 national surveys of enlistees & working youths & Defense Dept manpower data through 1984 are used to analyze attrition among high school graduates who enlisted in spring 1979. To control for selectivity bias, enlistment is analyzed jointly with attrition. Three variables observable at the time of enlistment are found to have a strong negative effect on attrition: positive expectations of further education, months in the Delayed Entry Program, & employment stability. No evidence of selectivity bias is found for this cohort; hence, results are applicable not only to enlistees but also to prospects. Policy implications are discussed. 1 Table, 2 Figures. Modified HA (Copyright 1990, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.) |
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Hosek, James R., John J. Antel and Christine E. Peterson. "Who Stays, Who Leaves? Attrition Among First-Term Enlistees." Armed Forces and Society 15,3 (Spring 1989): 389-409.
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