Turkey

1. Name and address of the organization responsible for the census:

State Institute of Statistics, Prime Ministry, Necatibey Caddesi No. 114, 06100 Ankara.

2. Population censuses conducted since 1945 (years):

1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 2000. The present description relates to the 2000 population census (held on 22 October).

3. Coverage of the census:

(a) Geographical scope: Whole country.

(b) Persons covered: All persons of all ages, except nationals resident abroad.

4. Reference period:

The week preceding the census day.

5. Main topics:

(a) Total population, by sex and age: yes

Economically active population by:

(b) Sex and age group: yes

(c) Industry: yes

(d) Occupation: yes

(e) Status in employment: yes

(f) Highest educational level: yes

(g) Hours of work: no

(h) Other characteristics: no

Re (a): The age is defined in terms of age at last birthday.

6. Concepts and definitions:

(a) Economically active population: It comprises all persons aged 12 years and over who, during the reference week, were either employed or unemployed, according to the definitions given below. Students with a part-time job, persons seeking work and members of the armed forces are included in the definition.

(b) Employment: Considered as employed are all persons who gave an affirmative reply to the question “Did you work last week in any job for money or for payment in kind?”. 

It is reported that the following categories are included:

i)     persons doing unpaid work in family firm or business;

ii)    persons engaged in the production of primary products for own consumption;

iii)   seasonal or occasional workers;

iv)   conscripts for military/civilian service;

v)    apprentices and trainees.

None of the above categories can be identified separately.

(c) Unemployment: Considered as unemployed are all persons who, during the reference week, were without work, gave an affirmative reply to the question “Are you looking for a job?” and had been taking active steps to seek work in the last three months.

7. Classifications used:

Only employed persons are classified by industry and by status in employment.  Employed persons are classified by current occupation and unemployed persons by main occupation.

(a) Industry: Based on the questions: “In what kind of workplace did you work last week or where you continue to hold a job (e.g. field, Ministry of Justice, grocery, barber shop, etc.)?” and “What is the nature of work done at the workplace where you worked (e.g. public service, retail trade, manufacture of refrigerators, TV repairs, etc.)?”.  For coding industry, ISIC-rev.2 has been used.

(b) Occupation: Based on the questions (i) to employed persons: “What is the kind of work you did last week or the job you continue to hold (e.g. farmer, bank manager, typist, construction worker, etc.)?” and (ii) to unemployed persons: “What is your main occupation (e.g. carpenter, lawyer, bricklayer, nurse, etc.)?”.    For coding occupation, ISCO-68 has been used.

(c) Status in employment: Based on the question “What was your employment status in the job where you worked last week or where you continue to hold a job?”.   For coding status in employment, four groups were used: Employee; Employer; Self-employed; Unpaid family worker.

(d) Level of education:  Respondents were first asked “Are you literate?”.  Those who gave an affirmative answer were then asked “What is the last school you have completed?”.  To determine the level of education attained, the following ten categories were used: No school completed; Primary school; Primary education; Junior high school; Vocational school at junior high school level; High school; Vocational school at high school level; Higher education; Faculty; Master/Doctorate.  The national educational classification is linked to ISCED-97.

8. Main differences compared with the previous census:

In order to define unemployed persons in accordance with the ILO definition, two questions were asked in the 2000 census.  The additional question was “When did you last take any active steps to look for work?”.

9. Publication of the census results:

The final data were published at the beginning of 2003 in a publication entitled “2000 Census of Population - Social and Economic Characteristics of Population”.

The organization responsible for this publication is the State Institute of Statistics, Prime Ministry, Necatibey Caddesi No. 114, 06100 Ankara.

Data from the above publication are also available in the form of diskettes.