Deprivation Analysis in Declining Inner City Residential Areas: A Case Study From Izmir, Turkey.



Average household size of the research area is 4.3, while 3.58 in izmir (SIS, 2000). Measured household
size in the research area indicates that there are widely nuclear families instead of extended families. As
shown in table 8, 66.2 % of the households are nuclear families consisting of 1-4 members. Also, 32.3 % of
the households are composed of 5-10 members. This means that these families may be partly nuclear
families with many children or partly extended families. 1, 5% of the families are extended families
including 11 and more members. Consequently, families in research population are young and nuclear
families, commonly with one or two children.

Table 8: The Household Size and Structure

Household Size

Frequency

Rates (%)

Household Structure

Frequency

Rates (%)

1-4 Members

_________43

________66,2

Nuclear family___________

_________49

________75,4

5-10 Members

__________21

________32,3

Extended family_________

____________5

__________7,7

11+ Members

___________________1

_______15

Fragmented family_______

___________10

_________15,4

Single___________________

___________________1

_______15

Total_____________

__________65

________100

Total____________________

__________65

________100

Although the migration process is not on the main axis of the study, it cannot be ignored completely,
because there is a close relation between migration, poverty and deprivation. Considering the households’
origins, just only 33, 8 percent of the research population is izmir originated, while the rest of them had
migrated from other regions (66. 2 % in different periods).

Figure 2: The Distribution of Migration Periods to izmir

As it is known widely, migration processes in our country bases on the poverty and deprivation context.
In this scope, it is very meaningful that almost two in three of the population in Tuzcu District is migrant.
When the reasons of migrating in izmir are investigated, the proportion of unemployment and economic
reasons are very conspicuous parallel to general migration processes in our country.

Table 9: The Reasons of Migrating to izmir

Reasons of Migrating to Izmir

Frequency

Rates (%)

Unemployment and Economic Reasons__________________

___________29

___________44,6

Relatives and Fellow Townsman Relations_________________

_____________7

____________10,8

Already in izmir___________________________________________

__________22

____________33,8

Vendetta_______________________________________________

______________________1

__________15

Forced Migration________________________________________

______________________1

__________15

Other Reasons__________________________________________

_______________5

_________77

Total______________________________________________________

____________65

___________100

In this scope, in order to understand the general characteristics of the district, it is also important to
analyze the years and the reasons of settling in Tuzcu. As mentioned earlier, the population of Tuzcu District
had decreased until 1970s, after that, it began to increase until 1975 again. The survey results show parallel
observations as this shown in table 10 above. At the same time, there is a gap between the general population
change of the district and our research findings about after the year of 1975. This gives a very critical sign
regarding to the declining process of the district. During the period of 1975-2000 whole population progress
of the district shows a decreasing structure, while the findings of the research indicates that movement to the
district has been increasing gradually at that time. In this period the declining process of the district have

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