Socio-demographic profile of the devolved social workers in Cagayan valley region

Socio-demographic surveys are limited to characterizing a certain population utilizing attributes which relate to various traits of age, sex, place of residence, religion, educational attainment, and marital status. The different socio-demographic factors or attributes are quantifiable elements which are used to identify who the members of the group. It is significant to note that the socio-demographic factors or attributes provides a clear idea of the source of the data and the categories of the population under survey. Differences in demography are one of the considerations that affect work performance (Palakurthi and Parks, 2000). Amid demographic variables that had been explored were gender, age, organizational tenure, job position and ethnicity. This study endeavored to ascertain the socio-demographic profile of the devolved Social Workers in Cagayan Valley Region. The respondents of the study were composed of 52 devolved Social Workers in Cagayan Valley Region who are connected with the city, first and second-class municipalities. This study made used of the descriptive-normative method of research employing the questionnaire as main data-gathering instrument. The researcher made used of a modified structured questionnaire to gather the needed data which were given to the respondents. The data gathered were tabulated, analyzed, and interpreted using the descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentage. Results of this study have revealed that the majority of the respondents are of middle age, stable and full of rich experiences, mostly female and are college degree holders with quite long years as permanent public servants and have attended a quite number of trainings and seminars to better equip them and to ensure an outstanding and quality service to their clientele. In the light of the findings of this undertaking, the researcher recommends that similar studies should be conducted to determine other variables and make use of more respondents to strengthen the results and the devolved Social Workers who are generally at the young adult stage, should be encouraged to pursue higher studies to professionally enrich themselves.