Table 2 Comparison of demographics of survey respondents and all NASW Child/Family Welfare members who were sent an email inviting them to participate in the study^a

Study Respondents

N = 485

n (col %)^b

All Study Invitees

N = 5719

n (col %)^b

P value

 Midwest

118 (26%)

1341 (23%)

0.026

 Northeast

85 (19%)

1214 (21%)

 South

189 (41%)

2083 (36%)

 West

67 (15%)

1081 (19%)

 Male

78 (16%)

1044 (20%)

0.09

 Female

401 (84%)

4292 (80%)

 20-39

109 (23%)

1797 (32%)

<0.0001

 40-59

196 (41%)

1801 (32%)

 60 and older

169 (36%)

1965 (35%)

 White/Caucasian

362 (79%)

3846 (73%)

<0.0001

 Black/African American

72 (16%)

823 (16%)

 Hispanic/Latino

12 (3%)

314 (6%)

 Other^c

10 (2%)

293 (6%)

 BSW

46 (10%)

600 (10%)

0.0006

 MSW

376 (78%)

4139 (72%)

 DSW

24 (5%)

191 (3%)

 Other

38 (8%)

789 (14%)