Attrition from Navy Enlistment Contracts.

Abstract

Because Navy recruit data are not maintained in a way that facilitates the collection of recruit contract attrition data, the magnitude of this attrition had not been known. This research memorandum documents contract attrition for the FY 1983-FY 1984 recruit cohorts. Additionally, it estimates a logistic equation to explain recruit contract attrition probabilities. Overall contrct attrition from DEP is slightly more than 12 percent. Although demographic characteristics differentiate attrition probabilities in the directions expected by casual observation, their discriminatory power, except for gender, is not very large: probabilities range from slightly over 8 to slightly over 13 percent for male NPS recruits. These results are sharply different from the results for active-duty attrition, which show sharp differences in active-duty attrition, for the same sets of demographic characteristics used here to explain contract-attrition probability. Keywords: Attrition; Computer files; Contracts; DEP(Delayed Entry Program); Enlisted personnel; Mathematical models; Naval personnel; NPS(Non-Prior Service); PRIDE(Personalized Recruiting for Immediate and Delayed Entry); and Problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168117

Entities

People

  • Aline Quester
  • Martha S. Murray

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

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  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

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  • Active Duty
  • Attrition
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Data Sets
  • Digital Information
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Mathematical Models
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Security
  • Virginia

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