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.

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城市 MSW 毕业生样本中许可率的种族和年龄差异

美国有 45 个州要求社会工作者通过入门级 MSW 执照考试，所有 50 个州都要求其进行临床实践。为此，所有州都使用由社会工作委员会协会 (ASWB) 创建的考试。有人担心这些考试可能会导致社会工作许可中的种族偏见，因为 ASWB 历来没有报告人口群体的通过率。在本研究中，根据种族、性别和年龄分析了纽约市立大学三个 MSW 项目的 5,000 多名毕业生的纽约州许可率。尽管没有专门检查 ASWB 考试的通过率，但本研究分析了执照方面的人口统计学差异。在双变量和多变量分析中，白人毕业生的执照率明显高于黑人、拉丁裔、亚裔/太平洋岛民、混血或其他人。此外，年长的黑人和拉丁裔毕业生的执照率远低于年轻同行。由于社会工作的核心价值是社会正义，结果表明需要对社会工作执照中的种族和年龄差异进行更多调查。