The survey was distributed online to social work students at the University of Michigan during the Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 semesters. It consisted of 28 questions, including multiple-choice, Likert scale, and open-ended questions. In total, 110 students completed the survey, providing a response rate of approximately 25% of the total social work student population. 84 (76%) students were on-campus status and 26 (24%) students were online status.
More specifically of the respondents, 88 (75.86%) identified as Cisgender Female; 7 (6.03%) identified as Cisgender Male; 4 (3.45%) identified as Gender Fluid; 13 (11.23%) identified as Genderqueer / Nonbinary; and those who identified as Transgendered or Other made up the remaining 4 (3.45%) of respondents.
93 (75.23%) identified as White; 4 (3.15%) identified as Black; 8 (6.30%) identified as Asian; 14 (11.02%) identified as Hispanic/Latine; 5 (3.94%) identified as Middle Eastern/North African respondents, and those who identified as Native American; First Nations; Indigenous; Native Alaskan/Hawaiian or Other made up the remaining 3 (2.36%) respondents.
71% (77) of respondents stated they were currently in field.
Of the remaining 29% (33) respondents, 90% (21) respondents somewhat or strongly agreed that they are worried that field will impact their financial situation. (Please note that 3 were excluded from this count as they were previously in field.)
The rest of this page shows data visualization from those currently in field: