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Majority of Turkish youth against premarital sex
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Monday, February 14, 2011
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet
Flirting is not a commonly-approved practice among Turkish youth, according to a longitudinal survey.
Two surveys whose findings were released recently offer glimpses into the changing face of the Turkish population and the labyrinthine world of Turkish adolescence.
The Prime Ministry’s General Directorate for Family and Social Research has announced its findings from a longitudinal study of Turkish teens from 2008 to 2010. Only 50.8 percent of survey respondents reported having friends of both sexes.
The ratio of respondents who did not approve of friendship between opposite sexes was 22 percent, while 78 percent supported such friendships. When asked about intercourse before marriage, the majority was against the practice. Fully 85.3 percent of teenagers reported that they did not believe in premarital sex; the remaining 14.7 percent reported that they did not view premarital sex as a problem.
Adolescent girls’ favorite topics of conversation were school, exams, clothing, music and TV soaps. Adolescent boys preferred to talk about sports, football and sex.
When teenagers have a problem, 44.2 percent consult their mothers, 20 percent talk to their friends, 9 percent open up to their fathers and 6.1 percent talk to no one. Just 18.4 percent reported receiving information or education on sex from their mothers, while 26 percent reported receiving sex information from friends and 11.7 percent from school.
Among the 30 percent of adolescents who stated they had an “idol,” popular singer İsmail YK topped the list, followed by football players Arda Turan and Christiano Ronaldo. Nearly the entire list consisted of singers and football players, with politicians, scientists and writers at the bottom. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, was below popular singer Gökhan Özen and all-girl pop band Grup Hepsi.
The directorate’s survey, titled “Turkey’s Teenage Profile,” was conducted via face-to-face interviews with 5,765 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18. Some 74.4 percent of respondents were from rural areas and the remaining 25.6 lived in urban areas.
Average lifespan for Turkish people increased
Statistics gathered by Anatolia news agency from official sources including the Turkish Statistical Institute, or TurkStat, show the average life span in Turkey has risen from 70.9 years to 73.7 years between 2003 and 2009. The average lifespan of a Turkish woman increased from 73.4 to 76.1 years while the numbers for men rose from 68.6 to 71.5. In 2003, women were expected to live 4.8 years longer than men; this fell to 4.6 years in 2009. The infant mortality rate decreased from 25.6 per 1,000 live births to 20.5 per 1,000 live births in the same years.
Education statistics showed attendance for the first eight grades was 91 percent for the 2002/2003 education year, which increased to 97.4 percent in 2007/2008 and lowered to 96.5 percent in 2008/2009. High school attendance was 50.4 percent in 2002/2003, increased to 58.6 percent in 2007/2008 and hovered at 58.5 percent on 2008/2009. The numbers for postsecondary education rose consistently from 14.7 percent in 2002/2003 to 27.7 percent in 2009.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet
Flirting is not a commonly-approved practice among Turkish youth, according to a longitudinal survey.
Two surveys whose findings were released recently offer glimpses into the changing face of the Turkish population and the labyrinthine world of Turkish adolescence.
The Prime Ministry’s General Directorate for Family and Social Research has announced its findings from a longitudinal study of Turkish teens from 2008 to 2010. Only 50.8 percent of survey respondents reported having friends of both sexes.
The ratio of respondents who did not approve of friendship between opposite sexes was 22 percent, while 78 percent supported such friendships. When asked about intercourse before marriage, the majority was against the practice. Fully 85.3 percent of teenagers reported that they did not believe in premarital sex; the remaining 14.7 percent reported that they did not view premarital sex as a problem.
Adolescent girls’ favorite topics of conversation were school, exams, clothing, music and TV soaps. Adolescent boys preferred to talk about sports, football and sex.
When teenagers have a problem, 44.2 percent consult their mothers, 20 percent talk to their friends, 9 percent open up to their fathers and 6.1 percent talk to no one. Just 18.4 percent reported receiving information or education on sex from their mothers, while 26 percent reported receiving sex information from friends and 11.7 percent from school.
Among the 30 percent of adolescents who stated they had an “idol,” popular singer İsmail YK topped the list, followed by football players Arda Turan and Christiano Ronaldo. Nearly the entire list consisted of singers and football players, with politicians, scientists and writers at the bottom. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, was below popular singer Gökhan Özen and all-girl pop band Grup Hepsi.
The directorate’s survey, titled “Turkey’s Teenage Profile,” was conducted via face-to-face interviews with 5,765 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18. Some 74.4 percent of respondents were from rural areas and the remaining 25.6 lived in urban areas.
Average lifespan for Turkish people increased
Statistics gathered by Anatolia news agency from official sources including the Turkish Statistical Institute, or TurkStat, show the average life span in Turkey has risen from 70.9 years to 73.7 years between 2003 and 2009. The average lifespan of a Turkish woman increased from 73.4 to 76.1 years while the numbers for men rose from 68.6 to 71.5. In 2003, women were expected to live 4.8 years longer than men; this fell to 4.6 years in 2009. The infant mortality rate decreased from 25.6 per 1,000 live births to 20.5 per 1,000 live births in the same years.
Education statistics showed attendance for the first eight grades was 91 percent for the 2002/2003 education year, which increased to 97.4 percent in 2007/2008 and lowered to 96.5 percent in 2008/2009. High school attendance was 50.4 percent in 2002/2003, increased to 58.6 percent in 2007/2008 and hovered at 58.5 percent on 2008/2009. The numbers for postsecondary education rose consistently from 14.7 percent in 2002/2003 to 27.7 percent in 2009.