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Measuring the Poverty of Elderly People with Needs Analysis in Turkey

Measuring the Poverty of Elderly People with Needs Analysis in Turkey

Emine Özmete
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781466674844|ISBN10: 1466674849|EISBN13: 9781466674851
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7484-4.ch008
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Özmete, Emine. "Measuring the Poverty of Elderly People with Needs Analysis in Turkey." Handbook of Research on Behavioral Finance and Investment Strategies: Decision Making in the Financial Industry, edited by Zeynep Copur, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 127-146. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7484-4.ch008

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Özmete, E. (2015). Measuring the Poverty of Elderly People with Needs Analysis in Turkey. In Z. Copur (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Behavioral Finance and Investment Strategies: Decision Making in the Financial Industry (pp. 127-146). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7484-4.ch008

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Özmete, Emine. "Measuring the Poverty of Elderly People with Needs Analysis in Turkey." In Handbook of Research on Behavioral Finance and Investment Strategies: Decision Making in the Financial Industry, edited by Zeynep Copur, 127-146. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7484-4.ch008

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Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the economic, social, and cultural needs of elderly people to determine the poverty thereof in Ankara (the capital city of Turkey).The economic, social, and cultural needs of individuals, which are among the indicators taken into consideration by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in measurement of human poverty index, were subject to research in measurement of poverty of elderly people. Face-to-face surveys were conducted with individuals over 65 years of age in the study, with 2.522 surveys qualified for evaluation. It was seen that the majority of elderly people were covered by social security. The elderly people reported their health to be good. They stated satisfaction regarding interindividual relationships with regard to social needs. However, it was concluded that the income of elderly people was not sufficient, and that they could not sufficiently afford electrical power and water invoices, medicine, food, and clothing expenses.

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