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Factors Influencing the Household Relative Poverty in Turkey: Logistic Regression Analysis

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  • Nurgül EVCİM
  • Sevcan GÜNEŞ
  • Hacer Simay KARAALP-ORHAN

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This study investigates the factors that determine the relative household poverty which prevents the growth of social welfare in Turkey. For this purpose, Turkish Statistical Institute (Turkstat) (2017) Income and Living Conditions micro dataset was used. The poverty line was calculated by using 60% of the household median income. In the binary logistic regression analysis, poor and non-poor shares of population was determined according to the poverty line and used as the dependent variables. Household demographic characteristics, labour market conditions and geographical characteristics were employed as explanatory variables. The estimation results indicate that education, age, formal employment, and employment in industry sector decreases relative household poverty. On the contrary, unemployment, causal employee, marriage and household size increase the risk of household poverty.

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  • Nurgül EVCİM & Sevcan GÜNEŞ & Hacer Simay KARAALP-ORHAN, 2020. "Factors Influencing the Household Relative Poverty in Turkey: Logistic Regression Analysis," Sosyoekonomi Journal, Sosyoekonomi Society, issue 28(43).
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    Keywords

    Turkey; Household Poverty; Income and Living Conditions Survey Micro Data Set; Binary Logistic Regression.;
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    JEL classification:

    • C01 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Econometrics
    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
    • R20 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - General

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