Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of Turkish Speaking Communities.
Sociodemographic characteristics | Turkish Immigrants (Group A) (n = 308) | Turkish Cypriots (Group B) (n = 108) | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean ± SD) (years) | 36.9 ± 9.5 | 44.6 ± 1.4 | 38.9 ± 1.1 | ||||
Gender | Male | 156 | 50.6 | 54 | 50.0 | 210 | 50.5 |
Female | 152 | 49.4 | 54 | 50.0 | 206 | 49.5 | |
Date of birth | 1945-1960 | 36 | 11.7 | 49 | 45.4 † | 85 | 20.4 |
1961-1970 | 79 | 25.7 | 26 | 24.1 | 105 | 25.2 | |
1971-1980 | 127 | 41.2 | 9 | 8.3 | 136 | 32.8 | |
1981-1993 | 66 | 21.4 | 24 | 22.2 | 90 | 21.6 | |
Education | Illiterate | 8 | 2.6 | 7 | 6.5 | 15 | 3.6 |
Primary school | 95 | 30.8 | 26 | 24.1 | 121 | 29.1 | |
Secondary school | 105 | 34.1 | 45 | 41.7 † | 150 | 36.1 | |
High school | 100 | 32.5 | 30 | 27.8 | 130 | 31.2 | |
Household type: adults | 1 adult | 72 | 23.4 | 16 | 14.8 | 88 | 21.2 |
2 adults | 177 | 57.5 | 52 | 48.1 | 229 | 55.0 | |
3 adults | 30 | 9.7 | 27 | 25.0 † | 57 | 13.7 | |
4 adults | 18 | 5.8 | 10 | 9.3 | 28 | 6.7 | |
5 or more adults | 11 | 3.6 | 3 | 2.8 | 14 | 3.4 | |
Employment status | managerial/professional | 29 | 9.4 | 12 | 11.1 | 41 | 9.9 |
middle management | 80 | 26.0 | 47 | 43.5 † | 127 | 30.5 | |
skilled manual worker | 39 | 12.7 | 14 | 13.0 | 53 | 12.7 | |
semi and unskilled manual worker | 36 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8.7 | |
state pensioner/retired | 2 | 0.6 | 23 | 21.3 | 25 | 6.0 | |
off sick/disabled | 13 | 4.2 | 3 | 2.8 | 16 | 3.8 | |
unemployed | 99 | 32.1 | 7 | 6.5 | 106 | 25.5 | |
student | 10 | 3.2 | 2 | 1.9 | 12 | 2.9 | |
Perceived socioeconomic status | well below average | 68 | 22.1 | 3 | 2.8 | 71 | 17.1 |
slightly below average | 92 | 29.9 | 19 | 17.6 | 111 | 26.7 | |
average levels of society | 109 | 35.4 | 63 | 58.3 † | 172 | 41.3 | |
a little above average | 36 | 11.7 | 22 | 20.4 † | 58 | 13.9 | |
much above average | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 4 | 1.0 | |