Young population constituted 16.3% of Turkey’s population
According to the results of Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS), while the total population of Turkey was 79 million 814 thousand 871 at the end of 2016, the young population at the age group of 15-24 was 12 million 989 thousand 42. Young population constituted 16.3% of total population. While young male population constituted 51.2% of young population, young female population constituted 48.8% of it.
The province with the highest proportion of young population was Hakkari
According to the results of ABPRS, Hakkari had the highest proportion of young population with 25.5% in 2016. Hakkari was followed by Şırnak with 23.9% and Siirt with 23.1%. The provinces with the lowest proportion of young population were Muğla with 13.2%, Balıkesir with 13.5% and Sinop with 13.7%, respectively.
The proportions of young population by first 5 provinces, 2016
Net schooling ratio in higher education for females was 42.6%
In Turkey, net schooling ratio in higher education in 2014/’15 educational year was 39.5%, this ratio increased to 40.9% in 2015/’16 educational year. While this ratio for males increased from 38% to 39.2%, for females it increased from 41.1% to 42.6%.
The rate of young people in neither education nor employment was 24%
According to the results of household labor force survey, the rate of young people in neither education nor employment was 24% in 2016. This rate was 14.6% for young males and 33.5% for young females.
While unemployment rate was 18.5% for young people in 2015, it was 19.6% in 2016. This rate was 17.4% for young males and 23.7% for young females in 2016. Unemployment rate of young males increased by 0.9 points, unemployment rate of young females showed an increase of 1.5 points compared to the previous year.
51.1% of employed young people took part in service sector
Employment rate of young people was 34.1% in 2016 with decreasing 0.1 points compared to 2015. 17.6% of employed young people were involved in agricultural sector, 31.3% of them were in industrial sector and 51.1% was in service sector.
Deaths due to external causes of injury and poisoning was higher in young people
According to the results of causes of death statistics, when the causes of death of the individuals aged 15 and over was analyzed; it was seen that the external causes of injury and poisoning constituted 4.3% of deaths, in 2016. While the proportion of deaths for young people was 50.5% due to external causes of injury and poisoning, this proportion was 57.3% for young males and 31.8% for young females.
While the proportion of deaths due to benign and malignant tumors in young people was 12.1%, this proportion was 10.2% for young males and 17.4% for young females.
Four out of every five young people used Internet
According to the results of information and communication technology usage survey in households, the proportion of Internet usage for young people at the age group of 16-24 increased to 87.5% in 2016 while this proportion was 82.4% in 2015. While this proportion for young males was 94.2% in 2016 with an increase of 4.8 points, this proportion was 80.7% for young females with an increase of 5.2 points compared to the previous year.
65.1% of young people mentioned that they were happy
According to the results of life satisfaction survey: the proportion of young people at the age group of 18-24 who mentioned that they were happy was 65.1% in 2016, while it was 63.8% in 2015. This proportion for young males was 60% while it was 70.2% for young females.
63.6% of young people were satisfied with the education they received
According to the results of life satisfaction survey; in 2016, 63.6% of the young people declared that they were satisfied from the education they received up to now. 64.2% of the young males were satisfied from the education they received while 63% of young females were satisfied from the education they received.
Young people considered job satisfaction more important than income
According to the results of life satisfaction survey; in 2016, 78.7% of the young people were satisfied from the job, while 51% of them were satisfied from their income. For young males, the proportion of satisfaction from job was 77% and the satisfaction from the income was 51.5%, while for young females these proportions were 82.4% and 50%.
Health was the first source of happiness of young people
According to the results of life satisfaction survey; in 2016, health was the first value as a source of happiness of young people with 54.6%. This was followed by love with 20% and success with 15.4%. While the first value as a source of happiness for young males and females did not change, in the second order, it was success for young males with 17.7% and love for young females with 24.1%. Love took place in the third order as a source of happiness for young males with 15.8% while success took place in the third order as a source of happiness for young females with 13.2%.
Young females married with arranged marriage while young males with their own decision
According to the results of family structure survey, 2016; while 43.3% of the young people aged 15-24 married with arranged marriage and their own consent, 36.8% married with their own decision with approval of their family. It was seen that 13.6% of the young people married with eloping/abduction.
While 45.3% of young males and 35.3% of young females married with their own decision with approval of their family, 33.4% of young males and 45% of young females married with arranged marriage and their own consent.
While 51% of young people met their spouses by family and relative network, this proportion was 45.5% for young males and 52% for young females. The proportion of young people who met their spouses through the Internet was 3%. This proportion was 5.7% for young males, and 2.6% for young females.
Parents had problems with young people mostly about smoking
According to the results of family structure survey, 2016; parents declared that smoking was the most common problem with their children between the ages of 18-25 and living in the same household, with 16%. While mothers had problems with their children about smoking with 18.3%, fathers had problems with 13.2% on this subject.
It was stated that the biggest problems among the parents and young people after the smoking were choice of friends with 15.4%, use of mobile phone and style of clothing with 14.4%.
42.9% of young people agreed with persons from different religious sect would marry
According to the results of family structure survey, 2016; when the thoughts of individuals aged 15 and over about marriage were analyzed, while 36.6% of the individuals agreed with persons from different sectarian people would marry each other, this proportion was 42.9% for young people. 46.1% of young males and 39.6% of young females agreed with persons from different sectarian people would marry each other.
Most important feature sought by young people in their future spouse was being a reliable person
According to the results of family structure survey, 2016; when personal and social qualifications sought by young people in their future spouse were examined, it was seen that 98.5% of young people considered important that the person to be married was a reliable person/not lying. 98.1% of the young people declared that it was important for the person to be married to be loyal to their partner and 97.7% considered that to be patient and tolerant was important.
It was seen that 48.6% of the young people did not care about having a similar political view with the person to be married. 41.6% of the young people declared that it was not a matter that the person to be married had a high income level/wealth and 41% stated that they did not care about being with the same social circle with the person to be married.
95.5% of the young people considered cheating of the females as precise reason for divorce
According to the results of family structure survey, 2016; when the situations considered as precise reason for divorce were examined by age groups, it was seen that 95.5% of the young people declared the most important divorce reason as females’ cheating their husband even for once. 93.8% of the young people declared that males’ cheating their wife even for once was the second most important reason for divorce. It was declared that males’ maltreatment towards their wife (beating, insulting etc.) was considered as the third most important reason by young people with 89.6%.
Failing to have a baby by wife and husband was not considered important as precise reason for divorce by young people. While only 6.2% of the young people declared that males’ failing to have a baby was precise reason, 6.8% declared that females’ failing to have a baby was precise reason for divorce.
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