Coping Strategies of Social Service Clients over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Research on Social Workers in Poland

Table 1

Characterization of the studied group.

Characterization of the studied group	Categories	Parameter
Age		M	SD
		35.60	9.44
		N	%
Gender	Female	30	100.0
Education	Higher education	30	100.0
Place of employment	Rural area	7	22.3
	Small town (below 25 000 inhabitants)	12	40.0
	Small city (25 000–300 000 inhabitants)	6	20.0
	Large city (>300 000 inhabitants)	5	16.7
Work position	Social worker	22	73.3
	Family assistant	8	26.7
Years of experience as a social worker/family assistant
		M	SD
		8.30	8.73
		N	%
	Up to 5 years	16	53.3
	6–10 years	8	26.7
	11–25 years	4	13.3
	26–35 years	2	6.7
Work schedule	Full-time	30	100.0
Number of individuals/families under care		M	SD
		37.33	24.13
		N	%
	Up to 25 individuals/families	11	36.7
	26–50 individuals/families	9	30.0
	51–100 individuals/families	10	33.3

N–frequency, %-percentage, M–average, SD–standard deviation.