This article reports the findings of an online survey in 13 U.S. states that compared the self-described demographics, wellness factors (mental health, physical health, and substance misuse), practice factors (fields of practice and work environment issues), and feelings about being a social worker (compassion satisfaction, workplace stress, being glad one chose social work and feeling valued as a professional in society) of 870 employed licensed social workers age 60 and older to 4076 licensed social workers under age 60. The results indicate that the older social workers were more likely to be male and white, less likely to report mental health problems, and more likely to work exclusively in private practice. Although older workers reported more serious physical health problems, they rated their physical health more favorably than their younger counterparts. In both bivariate and multivariate analyses, the older social workers scored significantly higher in compassion satisfaction, being glad they chose social work as a career, and feeling valued as a professional in society. The older social workers scored lower in workplace stress at levels that were statistically significant in a bivariate analysis, but not in a multivariate analysis.

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社会工作行业的生产性老龄化：60 岁及以上持证工人与年轻同行的比较

本文报告了在美国 13 个州进行的在线调查的结果，该调查比较了自我描述的人口统计数据、健康因素（心理健康、身体健康和药物滥用）、实践因素（实践领域和工作环境问题）以及对870 名 60 岁及以上的受雇持牌社会工作者到 4076 名 60 岁以下的持牌社会工作者成为一名社会工作者（同情心满意、工作压力、庆幸自己选择了社会工作并感觉自己被社会视为专业人士）。年长的社会工作者更有可能是男性和白人，报告精神健康问题的可能性较小，而且更有可能只在私人诊所工作。尽管老年工人报告的身体健康问题更为严重，他们对自己的身体健康的评价高于年轻的同龄人。在双变量和多变量分析中，年长的社会工作者在同情心满意度方面得分显着更高，为他们选择社会工作作为职业感到高兴，并感到作为社会专业人士受到重视。年长的社会工作者在工作压力方面的得分较低，在双变量分析中具有统计学意义，但在多变量分析中则不然。