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eported high difficulty. While a fair number of males (14%)
experienced difficulty in the motor vehicle transport job, this
was another case where the percentage of females experiencing
difficulty was particularly high (24%). Both male (13%) and
female (18%) food service specialists also placed large numbers
in the high difficulty category.
The pattern oi results for other items in the first factor
generally followed the pattern for this item. However, MEPSCAT
made a much greater difference with respect to a second item in
this factor: How many times in the past six months have you been
physically unable to lift an object while working on your Army
job? The response options for this item were the same as those
for the first item, and high difficulty and low difficulty were
defined the same way as for the first item. On this item, 5.3%
of those with high MEPSCAT scores reported high difficulty; 9.8%
with low MEPSCAT scores so reported.
Factor 2
The item in Factor 2 chosen for close examination in this
paper read as follows: How helpful do you think weight/strength
training would be in improving your job performance? The
response options for this item, and the proportion of respondents
choosing each option, are shown below:
Proportion
Option Male Female Total
1. Extremely helpful 31 18 30
2. Helpful 30 26 29
3. Somewhat helpful 18 20 18
4. A little helpful 13 18 13
5. Not at all helpful 8 18 10
Again, for purposes of simplicity, responses were grouped
into two categories. A "more helpfull' category consisted of
options 1 and 2; a lVless helpful" category consisted of options
3, 4, and 5. As can be seen above, 59% of the total group, 61%
of the males, and 44% of the females, responded in the more
helpful category.
Among those able to lift 110 pounds, 61% were in the more
helpful category, as opposed to 53% of those not able to lift 110
pounds.
A comparison across MOS revealed vast differences. Among
cannon crewmembers, 73% were in the "more helpful" Category.
Among administrative specialists, 25% were in this category. In
the MOS with very heavy strength requirements, 64% thought
weight/strength training would be helpful or extremely helpful.
In the other MOS, the percentage was only 49%. In combat MOS,
the percentage was 70%: in non-combat MOS, 53%.
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