Impact of Pregnant Woman and Single Parents upon Navy Personnel Systems.

摘要

The purpose of this report was to review policies created to manage pregnant women and single parents and to evaluate the impact of these two groups on recruitment, assignment, and separations. In addition, the policies at housing offices, child development centers, and family service centers regarding single parents and pregnant women were investigated. Key findings are: single parents and pregnant women do not impact upon recruiting and have very little impact upon recruit training; detailers consider military-married-to-military personnel more time consuming to assign than either single parents or pregnant women; pregnant women are overrepresented among personnel returned early from overseas but cost less to move than other personnel; single parents are more likely than married parents to receive a humanitarian transfer and a hardship discharge. Single women are more apt to be separated for pregnancy than married women; less than 20 percent of single parents have a Dependent Care Certificate; at most locations visited, children of single parents are not given priority placement in Child Development Centers. Housing offices at these locations are not treating single parents or pregnant women preferentially.