Military enlistment of Hispanic youth : obstacles and opportunities /

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Although polls of Hispanic youth show a strong propensity to serve in the military, Hispanics are nonetheless underrepresented among military recruits. The authors discuss the major characteristics that disproportionately disqualify Hispanic youth and explore actions that could be taken to increase...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
Otros Autores: Asch, Beth J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Defense Research Institute, 2009.
Colección:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Temas:
Recruiting and enlistment.
Recrutement des armées.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Hispanic American soldiers
Armed Forces
United States > Armed Forces > Hispanic Americans.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Hispanic enlistments in perspective
  • Overview of service enlistment standards
  • Enlistment qualifications
  • Health obstacles to the enlistment of Hispanic youth
  • Analysis of Hispanic military career outcomes
  • Increasing Hispanic enlistments: evaluating education and career choices
  • Policy implications
  • Appendixes: A. Detailed information on enlistment standards
  • B. Service waiver policy
  • C. Estimates of prevalence of health conditions, by race and ethnicity
  • D. Tests of statistical significance in medical disqualification rates.

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