TÜRKİYE ve TÜRK CUMHURİYETLERİNDE TOPLUMUN YAŞLILARA YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ

Year 2017, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 76 - 86, 09.07.2017

Aliye Mandıracıoğlu , N. Emel Lüleci , Safiye Özvurmaz

Abstract

Yaşlılığa tutum toplumdan topluma farklılık
gösterebilmektedir. Yaşlıların sağlığı kendilerine yönelik olumlu veya olumsuz
tutumlardan etkilenmektedir. Bu çalışma, Dünya Değerler Araştırmaları 2013 verilerine
dayanarak Türkiye ve Türk Cumhuriyetleri örneğinde toplumun yaşlılara yönelik
görüşlerini değerlendirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Veri tabanındaki talımcı sayısı
sırasıyla Türkiye 1605, Azerbeycan 1002, Kazakistan 1500, Kırgızistan 1500,
Özbekistan 1500’dir. Yaşlılara yönelik tutumla ilgili 10 önerme
değerlendirilmiştir. Ayrıca sosyo-demografik verilerle (yaş, cinsiyet, eğitim,
medeni durum, meslek sosyal sınıf ve gelir sınıfı algısı,) ilgili bilgiler
alınmıştır. Yaşlılara yönelik en fazla olumlu görüşlerin, Özbek katılımcılar tarafından
yanıtlandığı belirlenmiştir. Nüfus içindeki hızla artan yaşlı nüfusa hazırlık
için öncelikle toplumda yaşlılara karşı ön yargıları ortadan kaldırılması, olumlu
tutum Kazandırılması önemli bir adım olacaktır.

Keywords

Yaşlı, tutum, yaşlı ayrımcılığı

EVALUATİON OF OPINIONS TOWARDS ELDERLY IN TÜRKIYE AND TURKISH REPUBLICS

Abstract

Attitudes towards elderly differs in different
societies. The well-being of elderly is affected from positive or negative
attitudes. In this study, the objective is to evaluate attitudes of adults
towards elderly from a sample of Türkiye and Turkish Republics based on the data from World Values Survey 2013.
The numbers of participants in database are respectively as follows; Turkey:
1605, Azerbaijan: 1002, Kazakhstan: 1500, Kyrgyzstan: 1500, Uzbekistan: 1500.
Ten items are evaluated regarding the attitudes towards the elderly.
Furthermore, socio-demographic data (age, gender, education, marital status, occupation,  perception of the social class and income
class,) regarding the participants are also collected. The participants from
Uzbekistan gave answers indicating that among others they have the most
positive attitues towards elderly. Eliminating prejudice against the elderly in
the society would be a crucial step in order to prepare for the fast growing
elderly population.  

Keywords

Elderly, attitude, discrimination, Turkish, Culture

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