Dual-Military Couples, Child Care and Retention

Abstract

The demographic of the Air Force is one of high interest in light of higher headquarters focus on diversity and inclusion. A number of Airmen are married to other military members a phenomenon coined as dual-military marriages. Specifically, 11.3 (35,239) of active-duty Airmen are in dual-military marriages more than double the percentage of each of the other services. Unlike non-dual-military marriages, retention of one or both members of dual-military marriages significantly decreases after ten years of service. Among the military community, child care issues most negatively affected the retention decisions of members of dual-military marriages. The Air Force should place an emphasis on members in dual-military marriages now to sustain a relevant, diverse Air Force twenty years from now.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1031398

Entities

People

  • Ja Rai A. Williams

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Leadership
  • Marriage
  • Maryland
  • Military Families
  • Motivation
  • Public Policy
  • Quality Of Life
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Universities
  • Virginia

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Oncology

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control