Racial and age disparities in licensing rates among a sample of urban MSW graduates.

Autor/inn/en	Senreich, Evan; Dale, Travis
Titel	Racial and age disparities in licensing rates among a sample of urban MSW graduates.
Quelle	In: Social work, 66 (2021) 1, S. 19-28Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-8046; 1545-6846
DOI	10.1093/sw/swaa045
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Lebensalter; Rassismus; Sozialarbeiter; Master-Studiengang; Weiterbildung; Soziale Arbeit; Geschlechtsspezifik; USA
Abstract	Forty-five U.S. states require social workers to pass an examination for entry-level MSW licensure, with all 50 states requiring it for clinical practice. All states use examinations created by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) for this purpose. There has been concern that these exams may contribute to racial bias in social work licensing, as ASWB has historically not reported passing rates by demographic groups. In the present study, New York State licensing rates of over 5,000 graduates of three MSW programs of the City University of New York were analyzed according to race, gender, and age. Although passing rates on ASWB exams were not specifically examined, this study analyzed demographic disparities in licensure. In bivariate and multivariate analyses, White graduates had significantly higher rates of licensure than those who identified as Black, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, mixed, or other. Furthermore, older Black and Latinx graduates had far lower rates of licensure than their younger counterparts. As a core value of social work is social justice, the results indicate the need for far more investigation into racial and age disparities in social work licensure.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2022/2