A Study of the Market Potential for Recruiting Non-Prior Service Females for Military Service. Volume I

摘要

This study is reported in two volumes: Volume I, which reports the background, purpose and results of this research project; and Technical Appendix, which details the methodological approach employed and analyses of the data conducted to address the stated purpose of this study. The first volume of the report consists of four basic sections: an Executive Summary which summarizes the conclusions and implications drawn from this study and the key findings on which they are based, the Introduction which reviews the background of this study, specifies its stated purpose and outlines the required research objectives to address this purpose, the Methodology which briefly presents an overview of the study design, sampling plan, and interviewing procedures, and the Findings section which discusses detailed findings from this study resulting from the analysis of the data on propensity to enlist under current perceptions of the military and propensity for enlistment under the two alternative conditions studied.