TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceptions of social work students in Mexico and the United States regarding the role of the government in addressing social issues
T2 - Implications for social work education
AU - Becerra, David
AU - Castillo, Jason
AU - Silva Arciniega, Maria Rosario
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - The purpose of this article was to examine social work students’ perceptions of the role of the government in addressing social issues among social work students from the United States and Mexico. Data were drawn from a sample of 893 social work students from universities in the United States and Mexico, in the fall of 2010. Multivariate ordinary least squares regressions indicated that compared with social work students in the United States, students in Mexico reported significantly higher beliefs that government should do more to lessen social gaps, and ensure housing, employment, health insurance, basic necessities, an adequate standard of living, and equal opportunities.
AB - The purpose of this article was to examine social work students’ perceptions of the role of the government in addressing social issues among social work students from the United States and Mexico. Data were drawn from a sample of 893 social work students from universities in the United States and Mexico, in the fall of 2010. Multivariate ordinary least squares regressions indicated that compared with social work students in the United States, students in Mexico reported significantly higher beliefs that government should do more to lessen social gaps, and ensure housing, employment, health insurance, basic necessities, an adequate standard of living, and equal opportunities.
KW - Education
KW - Mexico
KW - government
KW - policy
KW - social work
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U2 - 10.1177/0020872819825571
DO - 10.1177/0020872819825571
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062463572
SN - 0020-8728
VL - 62
SP - 1230
EP - 1244
JO - International Social Work
JF - International Social Work
IS - 4
ER -