Table 2.

Sample characteristics.

	Attrition				Reenlistment
	Descriptive		Predictive		Descriptive		Predictive
	n = 168,321		n = 156,558		n = 56,380		n = 34,884
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	25,074	14.9	23,626	15.1	6,812	12.1	4,286	12.3
Male	136,823	81.3	127,045	81.2	49,544	87.9	30,594	87.7
Missing	6,424	3.8	5,887	3.8	24	0.0	4	0.0
Race
African American	36,852	21.9	34,177	21.8	11,799	20.9	6,352	18.2
American Indian	1,181	0.7	1,117	0.7	379	0.7	222	0.6
Asian	7,281	4.3	6,727	4.3	2,265	4.0	1,366	3.9
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	690	0.4	622	0.4	390	0.7	294	0.8
Caucasian	118,785	70.6	110,655	70.7	39,711	70.4	25,115	72.0
Multiple	703	0.4	634	0.4	259	0.5	161	0.5
Missing/Declined to Answer	2,829	1.7	2,626	1.7	1,577	2.8	1,374	3.9
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino	25,711	15.3	23,821	15.2	9,400	16.7	5,538	15.9
Not Hispanic	140,139	83.3	130,454	83.3	45,673	81.0	28,207	80.9
Missing/Declined to Answer	2,471	1.5	2,283	1.5	1,307	2.3	1,139	3.3

Both the Descriptive and Predictive samples were limited to Regular Army Soldiers with Tier 1 educational credentials and valid attrition and inter-service separation code data. The Predictive samples were limited further to include Soldiers with valid TAPAS data.