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Feminization of poverty: Does it really exist in Turkey?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Ummuhan Gökovalı  and
Aysun Danışman
Ummuhan Gökovalı
Affiliation:
Muğla University, Economics Department, Kötekli, Muğla, ummuhan@mu.edu.tr
Aysun Danışman
Affiliation:
Muğla University, Economics Department, Kötekli, Muğla, aysund@mu.edu.tr
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Abstract

This paper discusses two issues, the first being whether “feminization of poverty” in Turkey exists at all, and the second the reasons behind the feminization of poverty. The Household Budget Survey (HBS) for the years 2004 and 2006 serves as data to investigate similarities and contrasts between men and women in terms of poverty and other socioeconomic and demographic factors. Furthermore, econometric estimation techniques (logit and probit) have been employed to find out the determinants of poverty for men and women separately and together. Findings indicate that feminization of poverty does indeed exist in Turkey; however, a number of social, economic and demographic factors are universal determinants of poverty indifferent to sex.

Keywords

Povertyfeminization of povertyalleviation of povertyTurkeyHousehold Budget Survey
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New Perspectives on Turkey , Volume 42 , Spring 2010 , pp. 179 - 201
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Copyright © New Perspectives on Turkey 2010

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