In Indiana:
• 74% of youth workers in Indiana are female;
• 26% are male
• 75% of youth workers in Indiana hold college
• degrees, although only 20% of their jobs
• require them

Nationally: (From the Next Generation Youth Work Coalition, Bulletin 4, Feb. 2007 - )
• Youth work is a young profession. Half of
• those surveyed by the Coalition are under
• the age of 30, and one-third are under the
• age of 25
• Youth workers tend to enter the field in two
• waves. Many enter the field young and leave
• before their 30’s, while others enter in their
• 40’s and 50’s from related fields
• Most come from related fields (e.g.
• education, child care, social services);
• two-thirds have some kind of relevant
• "credential"

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