Chart 5. Incidence (in percent) of NCAs in the NLSY97 by AFQT decile
AFQT score decile Incidence of NCAs Upper limit of 95-percent CI Lower limit of 95-percent CI

1

11 16 7

2

14 18 9

3

17 22 12

4

16 21 11

5

16 21 11

6

17 22 11

7

20 25 14

8

23 29 17

9

19 25 14

10

25 30 19

Notes: AFQT = Armed Forces Qualification Test. CI = confidence interval. NCA = noncompete agreement. NLSY97 = National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997.

Source: Authors' calculations based on data from the 2017–18 interview of the NLSY97 cohort.