Informal Reading due Monday How do you know your love is real? Check Facebook
Family Trends in Turkey
Population Growth Per Thousand Rate of Increase US rate of growth
Reasons for Population Growth
Age patterns of fertility in Turkey
Reasons for Population Growth US LEB US IMR
Importance of fertility control Fertility control allows women to: Control their care-giving burden Enhance their ability to develop an independent source of income Enable them to dissolve their marriage if they want Urban women want 1.5 children, bear 2.1 children Rural women want 2.6 children, bear 2.7 children Non-marital fertility remains a sensitive topic. Mean age of fertility declined from over 27 to about 26 during the last 10 years. Divergence from Western European pattern of fertility transition 2003 Hacettepe nufus arastirmasi raporu
Fertility Control in Turkey 2003 Hacettepe report
Household Composition 4.5 persons 6.9 persons 1.6 persons Simple households constitute the vast majority. Complex households only 1 in 5. Complex households are not very “complex.” Usually nuclear family plus 1-2 persons. It is not very usual for single persons to live alone. 1 in 20 households is a single person household. This is probably due to the economics of single living.
Pattern of Divorce Rates Crude rate of divorce (Per thousand)
Economy, Marriage, and Divorce Crude rate of marriage (Per thousand)
Economy, Marriage, and Divorce Crude rate of divorce (Per thousand)
Demography and Divorce Crude rate of divorce (Per thousand)
Literacy of Men and Women Percent Literate
Education of Women Percent with completed education
Education of Turkish vs. US Women Percent with completed education
Child Mortality in Turkey
Economic Activity of Women & Men Percent economically active
Type of economic activity for men and women Percent of employed
Labor force participation by marital status
Wages of men and women
Conclusions Demographic burden of women Economic burden of women High level of unwanted fertility Economic burden of women High levels of unpaid family labor High levels of non-participation in the labor force Wage gap Not much educational gains Legal burden of women Lack of legal protection against discrimination