1. Informal Reading due Monday
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2. Family Trends in Turkey

3. Population Growth
Per Thousand Rate of Increase
US rate of growth

4. Reasons for Population Growth

5. Age patterns of fertility in Turkey

6. Reasons for Population Growth
US LEB
US IMR

7. 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

8. Fertility Control in Turkey
2003 Hacettepe report

9. 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.

10. Pattern of Divorce Rates
Crude rate of divorce
(Per thousand)

11. Economy, Marriage, and Divorce
Crude rate of marriage
(Per thousand)

12. Economy, Marriage, and Divorce
Crude rate of divorce
(Per thousand)

13. Demography and Divorce
Crude rate of divorce
(Per thousand)

14. Literacy of Men and Women
Percent Literate

15. Education of Women
Percent with completed education

16. Education of Turkish vs. US Women
Percent with completed education

17. Child Mortality in Turkey

18. Economic Activity of Women & Men
Percent economically active

19. Type of economic activity for men and women
Percent of employed

20. Labor force participation by marital status

21. Wages of men and women

22. 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