Answer:
A. youth unemployment rates
Step-by-step explanation:
The question is from an article, Who Fights America's Wars? by Dave Philipps and Tim Arango for the Upfront Magazine.
The article is an analysis of the current state of the U.S military and the factors that drive young people to enlist for the armed forces. It is highlighted that specific counties and military families in the U.S that yield the highest number of recruits. According to the article, familiarity with military life and having a family member in the military are the strongest predictors of military enlisting. "In 2019, 79 percent of Army recruits had a family member who served. For nearly 30 percent, it was a parent—a striking point in a nation where less than 1 percent of the population serves in the military."
Youth unemployment rates is not a prime factor in driving military recruitment. Surveys showed that military ranks consist of an even distribution of high and low wage earners. "Youth unemployment turns out not to be the prime factor either. And the racial makeup of the force is more or less in line with that of young Americans as a whole, though African Americans are slightly more likely to serve. Instead, the best predictor is a person’s familiarity with the military."