Preferences for Work Locations Among Social Workers

This is a report of a survey conducted in 1975 of students following social work courses in nineteen universities in England and Wales. The respondents were asked to state their preferences for future employment amongst different areas in England and Wales. The results show clear preferences with Devon at the top closely followed by Somerset and North Yorkshire. Most areas with positive scores were counties with substantial rural components but two urban areas were also high in the choice list. The least popular were two densely populated urban areas in the West Midlands and the London boroughs. There are interesting variations amongst these two low scoring groups. Whilst locational preference is only one of the factors determining mobility it is, nevertheless, of some importance

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