This must-have text answers some of the most important questions about the What social problems do social workers address? What populations do they serve? How much money do they earn? What are the trends in the employment of professional social workers? Gibelman and Schervish used the NASW membership database of 153,000 in June 1995 to take a second look at who social workers are. Invaluable for scholars, labor force specialists, policymakers, and planners, as well as educators and practitioners. Special Features *73 tables and 26 figures *Comparison of NASW membership data with BLS data, which for the first time include degrees *Highlights of the most significant data at the end of each chapter *All-new data analyses using 1995 NASW data.