Career Plans and Military Propensity of Young Women: Interviews with 1997 Youth Attitude Tracking Study Respondents

Abstract

The Youth Attitude Tracking Study (YATS) began in 1975 and annually surveys 10,000 men and women aged 16-24. YATS collects opinions, attitudes and beliefs of American youth on a wide variety of subjects of interest to military recruiting. For the interviews of women, 45-minute semi-structured interviews were conducted with YATS respondents who were and were not interested in joining the military. The interviews allow opportunities to study the career decision-making, family plans, and social ties of young women in several clusters: Joiners, Shifters, Fence-Sitters and Non-Joiners. The groups were also asked to discuss their perceptions of sexual harassment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA382201

Entities

People

  • Jerome D. Lehnus
  • Mary Achatz
  • Shelly Perry
  • Susan G. Berkowitz

Organizations

  • Westat

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basic Training
  • Business Administration
  • Data Analysis
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Instructors
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Families
  • Minority Groups
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Societies
  • Students
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Organizational Psychology.