Assignment Location Preferences of Airmen.
Abstract
To investigate assignment location preferences, a survey was administered to 4,670 airmen. Two preference ratings on an 18-point scale (-9 to +9) were obtained for each of 150 CONUS locations. One rating was obtained using base or station names. The other rating was based on an unnamed profile consisting of a 22 geographical-environmental variable description of each location. Findings were as follows: (1) Most preferred locations tended to be concentrated in Florida, California, and Colorado and least preferred locations in 'northern tier' states; (2) Variability in base preference ratings increased with an increase in level of desirability; (3) The relative order of preferences for 150 locations differed for various subgroups of airmen; (4) Base name and location description rating differences suggested airmen may have a low level of awareness of certain geographical-environmental characteristics for CONUS locations; and (5) Geographical environmental variable differences were found between the 30 most and least preferred locations for 14 of 22 variables (e.g., snowfall, temperature).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA017167
Entities
People
- Joe T. Hazel
- Lloyd D. Burtch
- William J. Stacy
Organizations
- Brooks Air Force Base