1. POPULATION CENSUSES IN TURKEY
Meryem DEMIRCI,
State Institute of Statistics,
July 2005

2. Agenda
Census Characteristics
Census Variables

3. Census Agency Other Agencies State Institute of Statistics
Prime Ministry Republic of Turkey
Other Agencies
General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affair, Ministry of Interior,
Governor of provinces and districts,
Civil registration offices in province and districts,
Municipalities

4. History The first population census was carried out in 1927
The second population census was carried out in 1935
The next population censuses were carried out regularly, in the years ending with 0 and 5

5. History
After 1990, population censuses are going to be carried out in the years ending with 0 by a law
The fourteenth population census was carried out on 22nd October 2000

6. Definition of Population
Includes all the population within the boundaries of Turkey on the census day.
Persons who reside in Turkey but who were abroad on the census day were excluded.
Persons who reside abroad but who were in Turkey on the census day were included.

7. Census type: De facto
Enumeration unit: Person
Respondent: Individual
Coverage: 100 %

8. Enumeration Forms Used
Field work period
Completed in one day by declaring a national curfew on 22nd October 2000 between hours 08:00 and 17:00
Enumeration Forms Used
The household questionnaire form
Each household questionnaire contains two sections;
Dwelling characteristics,
Personal characteristics for 7 persons.

9. Type of Field work The enumerators have visited all the places that
constitute a household and
do not constitute a household (dormitories, military quarters, prisons, hospitals, hotels, etc.)
and filled in the questionnaires by face to face interview

10. Unit Definitions Dwelling
Unit allocated for residence such as a detached house, an apartment or a lodgement (an official dwelling)

11. Unit Definitions Household
One person or group of persons with or without a family relationship who
live in the same house or in the same part of a house,
share their earnings and expenditures,
take part in the management of the household and
render services to the household

12. Unit Definitions Unsettled Population
The nomadic and tent population within the boundaries of settlements had been determined just before the census and was enumerated on the census day

13. (000)
1985
1990
2000
Population
50.664
56.473
67.804
Number of households
9.730
11.189
15.070
Population counted in the households
48.171
53.292
64.170
Population counted as individual
2.493
3.181
3.634

14. Census Variables Eurostat IPUMSi 1985 1990 2000
Reference date for census
2000s
Fall 04
20 October
21 October
22 October

15. Person Variables Eurostat IPUMSi 1985 1990 2000
Geography and internal migration
Place of usual residence (Region/Major/Minor administrative division) X X1 X2
Locality (size of place, rural/urban)
Place of enumeration O
1 : Only province
2 : Province and district

16. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Geography and internal migration
Place of birth X
Place of birth of parents O .
Duration of residence
Place of previous residence
Place of residence at a specified date in the past 1
year prior
5 years prior

17. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Household and family structure
Relationship to head of household (reference person) X
Person filling in questionnaire .
Position of mother/father in household
Position of spouse in household

18. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Household and family structure
Person absent in country/abroad .
Reason for absence
Duration of absence
Legal residence: here; other locality, county, country
Inmate of institutional or communal establishment O X

19. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Demographic and social
Sex X
Age (derived from birth date) X3
Marital Status
De facto marital status O .
Age/Date of first marriage
Duration of current marital status
Date of divorce
3 : Completed Age

20. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Demographic and social
Current marriage of ever-married women (times married) O X .
Citizenship
Religion
Race
Language
National and/or ethnic group

21. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Fertility and mortality
Children ever born (?) . X
Children born alive O
Children surviving
Date of birth of last child born alive X4
Deaths in the past 12 months
Maternal or paternal orphanhood
Duration of first marriage
4: In the last two years

22. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Education
Literacy O X
School attendance .
Type of school attending (public/private)
Location of school, university, etc.
Travel mode
Travel duration

23. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Education
Educational attainment X
Age at graduation or years of schooling .
Type of school graduated (public/private)
Field of study O
Field of educational qualification

24. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Economics
Activity status--current (reference period = 1 week) X
Activity status--usual (reference period = 1 year) O .
Non-paid social or personal services
Time worked
Duration of employment
Unemployment: duration
Unemployment benefits

25. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Economics
Occupation--usual and/or current X
Industry--usual and/or current
Socio-economic status in employment .
Status in employment
Usual status in employment
Number of persons working in the local unit of the establishment O
Secondary occupation

26. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Economics
Total income O X .
Earned income (wages and salary)
Capital income (dividends, interest, rent)
Retirement income/pension
Social security income (maternity, home care, disability)
Main source of livelihood
Dependency relationship

27. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Economics
Institutional sector of employment O X .
Tenure status
Type of pension
Housework: no. of hours
Union membership
Union dues
Union benefits
Place of work
Mode of transport to work
Length and frequency of journey to work

28. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
International Migration
Country of birth X
Reason for immigrating . X5
Country of citizenship
Second citizenship
Citizenship acquisition O
Year or period of arrival
5 : For persons immigrated within 5 years

29. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Disability X .
Cause of disability

30. Dwelling Variables Eurostat IPUMSi 1985 1990 2000 Living quarters
Living space (spacious to cramped) .
Ownership X
Type
Location
Occupancy status (type of vacancy)

31. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Living quarters
Number of occupants X
Number of households .
Number of rooms
Kitchen type
Useful and/or living floor space
Commercial/professional rooms

32. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Building
Type with regard to construction/use X .
Period of Construction
Position of dwelling in the building O
Number of floors
Number of dwellings in the building
Whether a farm building or not
Lift/elevator
Construction materials
State of repair
Amenity problems

33. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Facilities
Standard of equipment (well to very inadequate) .
Electricity O X
Water
Sewage
Toilet
Bathing facilities
Type of heating
Fuel for cooking
Cooking facilities
Hot water
Piped gas
Air conditioning

34. Household Variables Eurostat IPUMSi 1985 1990 2000 Type of household X
Household status .
Number of household X7
Size of household
Tenure status
Single/shared occupancy O
Rent
6 : For the households which do not have any absent member except head of household.
7 : De facto households

35. Eurostat
IPUMSi
1985
1990
2000
Consumer goods possessed O X .
Telephone
Type of vehicle
Use of vehicle
Number of vehicles
Second dwelling used by this household: days occuppied
Location of second dwelling

36. Family Variables Eurostat IPUMSi 1985 1990 2000 Family status X .
Type of family nucleus O
Family number

37. Summary of Variables Eurostat IPUMSi 1985 1990 2000 Total 137
Available variables 88 77 31 28 37
Variables not available 49 60
106
109
100
Person Variables 87 52 48 23 22 25 35 39 64 65 62
Dwelling Variables 33 26 16 5 3 8 7 17 30

38. Summary of Variables Eurostat IPUMSi 1985 1990 2000
Household Variables 14
Available variables 8 10 3 4
Variables not available 6 11
Family Variables 2 1

39. Sources
SIS Census of Population, Social and Economic Characteristics of Population, Ankara, 2003
SIS Census of Population, Social and Economic Characteristics of Population, Ankara, 1993
SIS Census of Population, Social and Economic Characteristics of Population, Ankara, 1989