PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WORKERS OF GENERAL POPULATION IN SLOVAKIA
Keywords:
SOCIAL WORKER, PERCEPTION OF SOCIAL WORK, GENERAL POPULATIONAbstract
This study aims to examine the issue of perception of social work and social workers. We identify exact issues of perception. The research group that we work with consist of (N=241) respondents divided by age, sex, and education. We find mostly positive aspects of social work and social workers. Also, we discovered positive tendencies by years 2016-2023 in perception of this profession.
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