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Bilenkisi, Fikret; Gungor, Mahmut Sami; Tapsin, Gulcin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study aims to analyze the relationship between the education levels of household heads and the poverty risk of households in Turkey. The logistic regression models have been estimated with the poverty risk of a household as a dependent variable and a set of educational levels as explanatory variables for all households. There are subgroups of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Family Income, Poverty, Heads of Households
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Yuksel-Kaptanoglu, Ilknur; Turkyilmaz, Ahmet Sinan; Heise, Lori – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
A large, nationally representative, cross-sectional survey was conducted in Turkey in 2008. In this survey, which used the WHO (World Health Organization) study module on violence, information about lifetime and current violence (past 12 months) was obtained using weighted, stratified, and multistage cluster sampling. This article describes…
Descriptors: Females, Employment Level, Foreign Countries, Family Violence
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Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES), which took place on October 21-24, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Hispanic American Students
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Tokuc, Burcu; Ekuklu, Galip; Avcioglu, Serap – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and risk factors of domestic violence against married women in Edirne, Turkey. This is a cross-sectional study which included a representative sample of the married women living in the Provincial Center of Edirne. The total past year prevalence of some forms of physical domestic violence is 34% in…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Marital Status, Females, Incidence
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Yasan, Aziz; Danis, Ramazan; Tamam, Lut; Ozmen, Sehmus; Ozkan, Mustafa – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
Our objective was to elucidate potential causes of higher rates of suicide attempts in females compared to males in southeastern Turkey through a 1-year survey. Gender-related differences observed in 96 subjects who attempted suicide by poisoning for the first time were as follows: in comparison to male, females were predominantly within the age…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Suicide, Foreign Countries
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Aras, Sahbal; Semin, Semih; Gunay, Turkan; Orcin, Esmahan; Ozan, Sema – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: The risk of sexually transmitted diseases is high but opportunities of sexual education for adolescents are limited in Turkey. The aim of this study was to evaluate sexual attitudes and behaviors and to determine the predictors of sexual initiation among adolescents. Methods: A questionnaire designed by the researchers was administered…
Descriptors: Females, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Adolescents, Foreign Countries