In the nation, move than a third of the ease workers have no bachelor's degree, while in Vii sinia. less than a fifth have no’ completed college Among child welfare workei \ two-thirds of Virginia vioikei have had some graduate social work study; 40 per cent had a year or more, file avt iagi for the nation is about 50 pi r coni Y'ith graduate study Virginia's social workers too, are younger than the average for the country—34 years old. compared with 37 years old in the nation. Child iviilare workei . were the youngest group tiuue than half of them ale imdei HO. More than two-thirds of the child welfare workeis have le - ■ than five years of, social wo experience. Of public assistance workers. 00 per cent have le than five years. l > per cent 10 years or more.

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