TÜRKİYE ve TÜRK CUMHURİYETLERİNDE TOPLUMUN YAŞLILARA YÖNELİK GÖRÜŞLERİ

Öz

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.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Yaşlı
• tutum
• yaşlı ayrımcılığı

EVALUATİON OF OPINIONS TOWARDS ELDERLY IN TÜRKIYE AND TURKISH REPUBLICS

Öz

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.  

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Elderly
• attitude
• discrimination
• Turkish
• Culture

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