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<p>This study investigates the effects of personal background characteristics on  USMC Delayed Entry Program (DEP) attrition for high school senior and high school  graduate recruits and recommends policy changes to decrease DEP attrition rates.  Logistic regression models to explain DEP attrition are estimated using data from the  USMC Total Force Data Warehouse for all high school graduates and high school seniors  who enlisted between fiscal years 2000 and 2005. DEP attrition is regressed on fiscal  year, recruiting district, time spent in DEP, separation month, age, gender, AFQT score,  race, marital status and dependent status, day of enlistment, and unemployment rate.  Model results show that high school seniors are more likely to be DEP losses than  high school graduates. Female recruits, single recruits and recruits without dependents  show higher attrition rates, as do those with lower AFQT scores. Recruits who enlisted in  eastern recruiting districts, who spent longer time in DEP, and who enlisted on the last  day or in the last week of the month are more likely to attrite. High School seniors are  most likely to attrite in March and April. Unemployment rates were negatively associated  with high school graduates' DEP attrition, but estimated effects were small.
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<br>Subjects: Attrition (Military science)</div>
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Baykiz, Murat Sami.</div>
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