Benchmarking Demographic Diversity in Air Force Functional Areas Against Near-Equivalent Civilians: The Air Force Occupational Diversity Benchmarking Workbooks February 22, 2023
Accurate benchmarks are essential to providing context to observed disparities in diverse representation and analyzing barriers to participation. In this report, the authors describe the construction of career field benchmarks using near-equivalent groups of civilian workers and discuss considerations for interpreting comparisons. These new benchmarks can be incorporated into barrier analysis alongside other benchmarks of demographic diversity.