Enlistment Intentions and Behaviors: Youth and Parental Models.

Abstract

This report presents results of efforts to develop models of the enlistment decision making process, focusing on the enlistment intentions and behaviors of 16 to 20 year old American males. It is based on survey data collected between October 1986 and January 1988 from 2,731 pairs of young men and their parents as part of the Army Communications Objectives Measurement System (ACOMS) survey, and augmented by enlistment data obtained from Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) data files. The modeling effort expanded the hierarchy of effects model and is used to develop the ACOMS survey. Separate models of Army enlistment were developed based on youth and linked parent youth data. Additional analyses developed models of general military enlistment, again utilizing youth and linked parent youth data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326054

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  • Dwayne G. Norris
  • James B. Greenlees
  • Janice Laurence
  • Michael J. Wilson
  • Veronica F. Nieva

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  • Human Resources Research Organization

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