Table 1.
Comparison of unweighed sample, sampling frame and weighted sample
| Unweighed sample (n=9566), % | Sampling frame (n=48 965), % |
Weighted sample, % | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 81.8 | 84.1 | 84.1 |
| Female | 18.2 | 15.9 | 15.9 |
| Age (years) | |||
| 18–24 | 19.4 | 28.6 | 26.6 |
| 25–29 | 22.3 | 25.2 | 25.4 |
| 30–34 | 15.1 | 13.8 | 15.0 |
| 35–39 | 13.1 | 10.8 | 11.2 |
| 40–44 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 9.9 |
| 45–49 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 |
| 50+ | 6.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| Racial ethnic/minority status | |||
| Not minority race/ethnicity | 65.8 | 63.5 | 63.4 |
| Minority race or ethnicity | 34.2 | 36.5 | 36.6 |
| Service branch/component | |||
| Army | 33.3 | 32.1 | 32.1 |
| Navy | 19.2 | 18.8 | 18.8 |
| Air Force | 18.9 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Marines | 15.9 | 17.2 | 17.2 |
| National Guard/Reserves | 12.7 | 18.4 | 18.4 |
| Paygrade | |||
| E1–E4 junior enlisted | 28.3 | 41.4 | 41.4 |
| E5–E6 mid-grade enlisted | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 |
| E7–E9 senior enlisted | 17.2 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
| W1–W5 warrant officers | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| O1–O3 junior officers | 8.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| O4–O10 senior officer | 14.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 |
Ns vary due to missing data.