Turkish households
According to the 2000 Census:
15,070,000 households (p. 49)
67,809,000 population
Average household: 4.5 persons (p. 49)
However, there are huge variations in household size between provinces. The percentage of households with more than 5 members also varies:
| household size | household more than 5 members | |
| Izmir | 3.6 persons | 22 percent (p. 49) |
| Istanbul | 3.9 persons | 29 percent (p. 49) |
| Antalya | 4.0 persons | 30 percent (p. 50) |
| Kayseri | 4.6 persons | 47 percent (p. 50) |
| Malatya | 5.4 persons | 58 percent (p. 51) |
| Kars | 6.0 persons | 66 percent (p. 51) |
| Diyarbakir | 6.8 persons | 72 percent (p. 51) |
| Van | 7.5 persons | 77 percent (p. 51) |
Further reading
Turkish Statistical Institute: Turkey's Statistical Yearbook 2005, p. 49-51
- Population, urbanization, female literacy in Turkey, 1935-2000
- Global Gender Gap Index 2006
- Population growth between 1990 and 2000
- Turkey's population
- Total female population
- Turkish households
- Marriages and Divorces in 2002
- Declining numbers of youth dependents
- Ratio of teachers and students
- Labor Force Statistics 2005
- Tensions between men and women
- Support for arranged marriages
- Turkey as a religious society
- Turks and secularism
- Turks and the headscarf
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