Turkey has created the female population 49.8% of the population
Turkey in 2016, while the male population of 40 million 43 thousand 650 people, the female population was 39 million 771 thousand 221 people. In other words, 50.2% of the population was men and 49.8% was women. This proportional balance between women and men changes in favor of women in the 65 and older age group because women live longer. 43.9% of the population in this age group is male and 56.1% is female.
Life expectancy at birth in women 80.7 years
Life tables, according to 2015 results; life expectancy at birth in Turkey to the overall total of 78, men at 75.3 and women 80.7 years. In general, women live longer than men, and the difference in life expectancy at birth is 5.4 years.
The illiterate female population is 5 times higher than men
Turkey in 2015, at the age of 25 and up, and the total population is illiterate rate of 1.8% for men is 5.4% and 9% in women.
While the proportion of high school and equivalent school graduates in the total population is 19.5%, this rate is 23.5% for males and 15.6% for females. The total population ratio of graduates of college or faculty is 15.5% and this rate is 17.9% for males and 13.1% for females.
Indicators selected by gender, 2015
Female employment rate is less than half of male employment rate
According to the results of the household labor force survey; In 2015, the employment rate in the population aged 15 and over in Turkey and 46% in the ratio of 65% male, while the female was 27.5%.
When the employment rate of the member states of the European Union is examined; In 2015, Sweden had the highest female employment rate with 74%, while Greece was the lowest with 42.5%. The average female employment rate of EU member states (28 countries) was 60.4%.
In the EU member countries, the country with the highest male employment rate in 2015 was the Netherlands with 79%, while Greece was the lowest with 59.3%. Member States of the European Union
average male employment rate was 70.8%.
Educated women have a higher labor force participation rate
According to the results of the household labor force survey; In 2015, the labor force participation rate in the population aged 15 and over in Turkey is 51.3%, 71.6% for men, while for women it was 31.5%.
When the labor force participation rate was examined according to the educational level, it was seen that the higher the level of education, the more women participated in the labor force. The labor force participation rate of illiterate women is 16.1%, the labor force participation rate of women who are educated below high school is 26.6%, the labor force participation rate of high school graduate women is 32.7%, and the labor force participation rate of vocational or technical high school graduates is 40.8%. female labor force participation rate was 71.6%.
4 out of 5 men stated that they found it suitable for women to work
According to the results of 2016 family structure research; 84.9% of the respondents found it suitable for women, 78.1% for men and 91.5% for women. When the rates of those who find women eligible according to Level 1 Classification of Statistical Region Units (NUTS) are examined, the highest rate is 90.6% in TR3 Aegean Region (İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak). the lowest rate was 71.5% in TRC Southeastern Anatolia (Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Kilis, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Batman, Sirnak, Siirt).
Higher education graduates earn more income
According to the results of income and living conditions research; In 2015, while the average annual basic business income of women graduated from higher education was 29 thousand 238 TL, the average annual basic business income of high school graduate women employees was 16 thousand 124 TL. The average annual work income of female employees who do not finish a school was 8 thousand 528 TL.
34.3% of women had their first marriage between the ages of 20-24
According to the results of 2016 family structure research; When the age of first marriage declared by all individuals aged 15 and over who had experienced marriage experience was examined; The first marriage was seen in Turkey where most of the 20-24 age range with 37.5%. The rate of men who had their first marriage between the ages of 20-24 was 41.3%, compared to 34.3% for women.
In case of disagreement, spouses reacted to each other shouting the most
According to the results of 2016 family structure research; 75.3% of males and 66.2% of females reacted by raising / shouting their voices. 55.1% of men and 64.2% of women remained silent in case of dispute with their spouses. In case of dispute with spouse, 3.6% of men and 2.4% of women applied physical violence to their spouses.
According to the Classification of Statistical Region Units (NUTS) Level 1, TRC Southeast Anatolia (Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Kilis, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Mardin, Batman, Sirnak, Siirt) had the highest rate of physical violence against spouses. In this region, 8.6% of men and 7.5% of women applied physical violence to their husbands.
The lowest rate of physical violence in males was TR3 Aegean (İzmir, Aydın, Denizli, Muğla, Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak) with 1.7%, while the rate of TR4 East Marmara (Bursa, Eskişehir) was 0.7% for females. , Bilecik, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova).
Jobs and responsibilities in the household were shared by gender
According to the results of 2016 family structure research; It was observed that women do household chores such as cooking, dishwashing, washing, house cleaning and ironing, while men do chores such as repairing, painting whitewashing, invoice depositing and having certain visibility.
The food business to do in Turkey while 91.2% rate of women, the rate was 8.8% of men cooking. 80.4% of the men's paint and whitewash work was done by men and 19.6% for women.
Married men and women are happier
According to the results of life satisfaction survey; In 2016, the rate of individuals who declared themselves happy was 61.3%. The rate of happiness for men was 58.1%, while for women it was 64.5%. Overall, 64.7% of married individuals, 57.3% of never-married individuals, 50.9% of spouses and 32.5% of divorced individuals were found to be happy.
60.8% of married men and 68.3% of married women stated that they were happy. 54.5% of men who have never married, 62.1% of women who have never married, while 29% of divorced men and 35.5% of divorced women are happy. It was observed that 53.1% of the males and 50.5% of the males were happy.
Happiness by marital status, 2016
About 4 out of 10 women felt insecure in their environment
According to the results of life satisfaction survey; In 2016, the rate of those who felt insecure while walking alone at night was 26.2% in total while it was 15.2% for men and 37% for women. 71% of men and 47.5% of women felt safe in their environment.
In 2016, the percentage of those who felt unsafe while sitting alone at home was 7.9%, 4.5% for men and 11.2% for women. 86.7% of men and 76% of women felt safe sitting at home alone.
Deaths from circulatory system diseases ranked first
According to the results of cause of death statistics; In 2015, the most common causes of death were circulatory system diseases (40.3%), benign and malignant tumors (20%) and respiratory diseases (11.1%).
When the causes of deaths by gender were examined, circulatory system diseases were the first with 44.3%, benign and malignant tumors with 15.5%, and respiratory diseases with 10.1%. The ranking of the causes of death in males was similar, with circulatory system diseases (36.8%), benign and malignant tumors (23.9%) and respiratory diseases (11.9%).
Women took less place in the political field than men
Turkey Grand National Assembly in the ratio of women deputies in 1935 was 4.5%, 81 years later, this proportion rose to 14.7%. The number of ministers in Turkey in 2016 was 27 which was just one woman. While the rate of female mayors in our country's local elections in 2009 was 0.9%, it was 2.9% in the 2014 local elections. While the rate of women muhtars was 2.3% in the 2009 local elections, this rate was 2% in the 2014 local elections.