A Study of the Attitudes of Married Minuteman Crewmembers and Their Wives Concerning Female Minuteman Crewmembers

Abstract

Utilization of females in new career fields has been steadily increasing in the Air Force over the past few years. One career field not yet opened to females is Minuteman Missile Combat Crew duty. This study analyzes the attitudes of married male Minuteman combat crewmembers and their wives about female crewmembers. Frequency analysis, Correlation analysis, and Linear Regression analysis techniques were used to determine various statistical relationships. Data was supplied by married crewmembers of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota and their wives. The analysis showed that crewmembers and their wives thought females should be allowed to be on Minuteman crews. The wives indicated an overwhelming preference for an all-female crew as opposed to a male-female crew. The crewmembers were about evenly split as to type of crew pairing. The author recommended using an all-female crew pairing plan when females are initially assigned to Minuteman Combat Crews.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA065615

Entities

People

  • Duane A. Carolus

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Families (Human)
  • Information Science
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Regression Analysis
  • South Dakota
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Systems Management
  • Warfare

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  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.