Econometric Models of U.S. Navy Career Petty Officer Retention.

Abstract

This thesis investigates the reenlistment behavior of U.S. Naval personnel who have completed more than two enlistment terms in the Navy. The Navy's 110 ratings are grouped into 24 occupational fields which represent clusters of similar skills, similar working conditions, and similar duty assignments. Multiple regression techniques are used to examine the relationship of economic variables to career reenlistment behavior. The main conclusions of the study are: Economic variables such as military compensation, unemployment, and civilian wage opportunities are statistically significant predictors of career petty officer retention behavior; All-navy reenlistment rate can very accurately be predicted using a regression model with economic variables when the independent variables are within the range of values used to generate the regression model, and Such regression models generally have very low predictive ability when derived from and applied to petty officers grouped into occupational fields. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104076

Entities

People

  • John Joseph Bepko Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Age Groups
  • Business Administration
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Engineering
  • Military Personnel
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Recruiting
  • Reenlistment
  • Regression Analysis

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  • Regression Analysis.