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Article: Demographic trends in social work over a quarter-century in an increasingly female profession.(Report)
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- Social Work
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Social work has long been concerned with issues of diversity. According to the NASW Code of Ethics (2000),"Social workers should obtain education about and seek to understand the nature of social diversity and oppression with respect to race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, political belief, religion, and mental or physical disability" (p. 9). If social workers' concerns with issues of opportunity and representation extend to virtually all practice, program, and policy arenas, it is reasonable to assume that social workers are also interested in the changing demographics of their profession. In this article, we examine the ...