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

Regarding total household income the most striking finding is the percentage of the household with no
income (15.4 %). During the interviews with the households within this group, it is stated that they could
survive with the support of their neighbors, and sometimes of relatives. As shown in figure 3, the frequency
is concentrated in the 201-400 interval (27.7 %). On the other hand, in some families, monthly household
income is measured as 1000 YTL and above because of more than one working individual within the family.

When the work place of economically active population is considered, the majority of them have been
working in Kemeralti and surrounding quartiers. In other words, 63.4 percent of working individuals works
in Kemeralti, Tuzcu District, Çankaya, Basmane, and nearby surroundings. This finding indicates that they
prefer to live close to working place, of course, where they could afford.

The main reason of the wish to live in the areas being close to their working places can be explained
with the fact that they do not want to pay extra prices to transportation. The 71.7 percent of the working
group arrives their working place by foot. Satisfaction on job is another indicator for employment
deprivation domain. According to the findings of research, 65 percent of the working group within the
population is not satisfied with their job. It is important that, the reasons of dissatisfaction are the low wages,
and lack of social insurance.

Table 27: The Distribution of Place of Works in Tuzcu District

Integration domain seeks to examine the extent to which people experience deprivation regarding to the
relations with their social environment. The relevant aspects of this issue might be relations with neighbors,
relatives, and grouping. According to the findings of the research, neighborhood relations are quite good by
93,8 percentage. Although it is seen as irrelevant to deprivation, the high ratio of good relationships may be
an indirect indicator. In other words, since they have similar problems, that are deprivation or poverty,
solidarity being developed among neighbors may facilitate to overcome their deprivation to a certain extent.

On the other hand, 61.5 percent of the population states that there is no relative within the district. It
means, they endeavor to survive without any support of their relatives. Besides, within the population, the
rate of nuclear family is 66.2 % as mentioned before. Therefore, it can be said that the relationship with the
relatives is not so strong within this district.

Another point regarding the integration, general social problems of the district are examined among the
population. According to the findings, 63.1 percent of the population states that there is not any social

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