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93.02.07 - Turkish - Ahmet ICDUYGU
The Turkish Immigrant Households and Families in Melbourne, Australia (p. 3-22)
The purpose of this paper is to study some basic structures of the Turkish immigrant households and families in Melbourne, Australia. Data for the paper were obtained from a survey of the Turkish population of Melbourne which the author carried out in 1987. Since the main survey of individual migrants in Melbourne was not directed primarily at their families, and consequently did not provide much direct information about family structure, it was not possible to determine exactly what was happening on the level of family structure among the Turkish migrants. However, all exploratory analysis of household structure of the sampled migrants not only offered a basis to develop a typology of Turkish migrant families but also became the initial step in discussing some aspects of the parents' concern for their children in Australia. Thus it was possible to address the cultural aspects of some changes emerging in intrafamilial relationships. (AUSTRALIA, TURKEY, IMMIGRANTS, FAMILY COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION)
93.02.08 - Turkish - Turgay UNALAN
Sex Preferences in Turkey (p. 23-32)
Data from the 1988 Turkish Population and Health Survey are analyzed to examine sex preferences of Turkish women. The results show some preference for sons, although generally women prefer to have children of both sexes. The effect of sex preference on sex ratio (number of males per 100 females) of existing children, desired children, and additional children was investigated. Also, the effect of sex preferences on desire for more children and contraceptive use is evaluated. The sex ratio of children is higher in small families than in large families. The sex ratio of last born children in families of any size is higher than that of the previous children. Among women who want more children, the sex ratio is markedly lower than those who want no more. The findings also suggest that the proportion of respondents who do not want any more children would increase by 3.5% and contraceptive use would increase only by 1.8% in the absence of sex preference. (TURKEY, SEX PREFERENCE, SEX RATIO, CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE)
93.02.09 - Turkish - Hilâl OZCEBE and Ayse Akin DERVISOGLU
Is Adolescent Fertility a Problem in Turkey? (p. 33-53)
The population of Turkey was about 50 million in 1985, and the 15-19 age group was 5.5 million, 10.7% of total population. Almost half of this 5.5 million were females, the mean age at first marriage was 18.2 years and 15.6% of this group were married. The fertility rate of the 15-19 age group was 64.1 per 1,000. These figures show that early marriage and early pregnancy are the main problems. The prenatal care of adolescent pregnancies which present high risks for the mother and the child usually starts in the last trimester (average 7.15 months) and 31.6% of the deliveries take place under unsuitable conditions. The use of contraceptives in this age group is 34.5% (23.4% traditional methods, 11.1% modernmethods). The main solution of the problem regarding adolescent pregnancy is increasing the age of first marriage. But, until reaching this goal, for healthier mothers and children prenatal care should be given earlier in adolescence pregnancy and deliveries should take place under the supervision of health personnel. (TURKEY, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY, AGE AT MARRIAGE)
93.02.10 - Turkish - Ismet KOC and Funda ALBAYRAK
Suicide in Turkey (p. 55-68)
This paper mainly deals with the socio-demographic characteristics and sex differentials of persons committed to suicide on the basis of the 1990 Suicide Statistics which was published annually by State Institute of Statistics. On the other hand, causes of suicide and suicide methods are also concerned in this paper. In discussion chapter, interpretations are made in respect to different aspects of findings which are obtained from Suicide Statistics. Findings of this study indicates that there is a strong relationship between socio-demographic factors, such as urbanization, aging and household patterns and suicide rates. Another important finding is the distinction between two sexes according to causes and methods of suicide. These differences have an accordance with the roles ascribed to man and woman by the society trough the socialization process of persons. (TURKEY, SUICIDE, SEX DIFFERENTIALS)
93.02.11 - Turkish - Mahir ULUSOY
Clustering of Provinces According to Socio-Economic Variables (p. 69-78)
It is possible to form groups of observations in terms of the differences of values of a set of variables and order them according to their relative positions. In this study, using 45 variables derived from 1985 General Census, 18 provinces with first degree priority in development were clustered. Clustering was repeated by different forms of variables and with addition of 10 more provinces. (TURKEY, SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIFFERENTIAL, PROVINCES, CLASSIFICATION)
93.02.12 - Turkish - Hamza GAMGAM and Muslim EKNI
A Study on the Bias of Infant Mortality Rates (p. 79-88)
The calculation of the infant mortality rates in the demographic studies may contain various errors which stems from the data collection steps. One of these errors can be explained in the following that the dead infants in the infant mortality rates for the interested year may have born in the previous year; the other is that the mortality rate may include a number of infants which born in this year may die in the following year. In this study, some of these concepts and the biases and their asymptotic values has been reviewed. In additon, the estimations of the estimators variances has been calculated by using the data which was collected by the five health centers of the Gölbas Egitim Arastirma Saglik Grup Baskanligi a district in Ankara provice. (TURKEY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BIAS)
93.02.13 - Turkish - Ali Erman OZSOY, Ismet KOC and Aykut TOROS
Sex Ratios in Turkey (p. 89-110)
The article starts giving examples of error in the censuses and surveys and questions the reliability of age specific sex ratios in the 1990 Census of Turkey. The article proceeds with deriving sex ratio at birth from census and survey results as well as from hospital records. Finally 1990 population is reconstructed by surviving birth cohorts since 1900 till 1990 using historical trends of birth rates and cohort, age and time specific survival rates using East Family of Coale-Demeny Model Life Tables. Proportion of females are found to be higher than what is seen in the 1990 Census. Females appear to have the majority in the Turkish population in 1990. (TURKEY, SEX RATIO, POPULATION CENSUSES, QUALITY OF DATA)
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