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The impact of change upon rural-urban migrants in Turkey
AbstractThe focus of this study is people's perception of their housing. The study took place in Ankara, Turkey, during the 1990–1991 academic year. The intention was not to test a particular set of hypotheses but to compare and contrast the lives of people who had migrated to squatter settlements in Ankara with those who had remained in rural settings. The key idea in selecting the two communities was to have a pool of interviewees who were reasonably similar with regard to life experimence except for the recent migration of the one group. The migrant group selected was living in a well-established squatter settlement which is located about a 10–15 minute minibus ride south of the city center. The sample of non-migrants came from a rural farming community about an hour drive northwest of Ankara. Data was collected utilizing a questionnaire during interviews conducted in the residents' homes. Questions dealt with both objective issues regarding their housing as well as their evaluations of the quality of their housing.The data analysis went through a series of stages, each stage reflecting another way of viewing the information. First, each set of evaluative variables and objective variables was analyzed, utilizing factor analysis and multidimensional scaling respectively, to derive a smaller number of index variables. Second, the total population (N=102) was segmented into the rural and urban groups and a t-test was performed to identify significant differences between these two populations. Third, the total population was segmented into four subgroups (urban male, urban female, rural male and rural female), which were compared utilizing analysis of variance to determine the impact of gender and environment on the residents' responses. Finally, a multiple linear regression analysis of the total population and the rural and urban subgroups was done to identify the subset of independent variables that are most useful for predicting resident satisfaction.The results indicate that there is a difference between rural and urban residents' perceptions of their housing. Rural residents are generally more satisfied with their housing than their urban counterparts. It seems that these differences in perceptions are influenced less by gender than by environment. Finally, although there is an objective difference in the quality of housing, the results suggest that subjective evaluations may have a greater impact on satisfaction than objective measures of residential quality.
The impact of change upon rural-urban migrants in Turkey
AbstractThe focus of this study is people's perception of their housing. The study took place in Ankara, Turkey, during the 1990–1991 academic year. The intention was not to test a particular set of hypotheses but to compare and contrast the lives of people who had migrated to squatter settlements in Ankara with those who had remained in rural settings. The key idea in selecting the two communities was to have a pool of interviewees who were reasonably similar with regard to life experimence except for the recent migration of the one group. The migrant group selected was living in a well-established squatter settlement which is located about a 10–15 minute minibus ride south of the city center. The sample of non-migrants came from a rural farming community about an hour drive northwest of Ankara. Data was collected utilizing a questionnaire during interviews conducted in the residents' homes. Questions dealt with both objective issues regarding their housing as well as their evaluations of the quality of their housing.The data analysis went through a series of stages, each stage reflecting another way of viewing the information. First, each set of evaluative variables and objective variables was analyzed, utilizing factor analysis and multidimensional scaling respectively, to derive a smaller number of index variables. Second, the total population (N=102) was segmented into the rural and urban groups and a t-test was performed to identify significant differences between these two populations. Third, the total population was segmented into four subgroups (urban male, urban female, rural male and rural female), which were compared utilizing analysis of variance to determine the impact of gender and environment on the residents' responses. Finally, a multiple linear regression analysis of the total population and the rural and urban subgroups was done to identify the subset of independent variables that are most useful for predicting resident satisfaction.The results indicate that there is a difference between rural and urban residents' perceptions of their housing. Rural residents are generally more satisfied with their housing than their urban counterparts. It seems that these differences in perceptions are influenced less by gender than by environment. Finally, although there is an objective difference in the quality of housing, the results suggest that subjective evaluations may have a greater impact on satisfaction than objective measures of residential quality.
The impact of change upon rural-urban migrants in Turkey
Potter, James J. (author)
Landscape and Urban Planning ; 26 ; 99-114
1993-01-01
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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