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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 18-TO 22-YEAR-OLD SERVICEMEN AND MALES OF THE SAME COHORT WHO HAVE NEVER SERVED ARE EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY WITH RESPECT TO THREE DIMENSIONS OF MANPOWER QUALITY: EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, ASPIRATIONS, AND EXPECTATIONS. BLACKS, WHITES, AND HISPANICS ARE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. BLACKS AND WHITES ARE ALSO DISAGGREGATED BY BRANCH OF SERVICE IN SOME ANALYSES. TWO PURPOSES ARE SERVED. FIRST, INFORMATION ON THESE THREE DIMENSIONS PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE QUALITY OF THOSE WHO SERVE IN COMPARISON WITH THOSE WHO DO NOT. EDUCATIONAL LEVEL IS THE MOST OFTEN CITED QUALITY MEASURE IN THE DEBATE OVER THE EFFICACY OF THE ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE. SECOND, EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS ARE ALSO A MEASURE OF QUALITY BUT, IN ADDITION, ARE VALUABLE IN ASSESSING THE UTILITY OF POSTSERVICE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AS A RECRUITING ATTRACTION. THE DATA, FROM A NATIONWIDE STRATIFIED SAMPLE-THE NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL SURVEY, UOUTH COHORT, 1979-WERE COLLECTED IN PERSONAL INTERVIEWS. THERE ARE 2,179 ITEMS OF INFORMATION FOR EACH OF 6,398 MEN, AGES 14 TO 22, AS OF EARLY 1979. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE STATISTICALLY USEFUL SAMPLE SIZES FOR SELECTED SUBGROUPS, SERVICEMEN,1 BLACKS, HISPANICS, AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WHITES WERE OVERSAMPLED. WEIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT FOR OVERSAMPLING.