PERSONS NOT IN LABOUR FORCE

 

Persons not in labour force comprise 50.6% (24 million 684 50.1% of the
thousand persons) of the non-institutional civilian working age persons not in
population.According to the results of the secondlabour force were
quarter of 2003 HLFS, persons not in labour housewives in
force increased by 990 thousand persons compared to the Turkey.
same quarter of previous year.

When the distribution of persons not in labour force was examined in certain main groups, housewives with 50.1% (12 million 357 thousand persons) comprise a considerable part of the persons not in the labour force. This was followed by students, retired persons and disabled with 14.3%, 11.7% and 9.9% respectively.

51.8% of persons not in labour force were housewives in urban areas. This was followed by students, retired persons and disabled with 16.4%, 13.5% and 6.4% respectively. In rural areas, 46.4% of persons not in labour force were housewives. This was followed by disabled people, students and retired persons with 17.6%, 9.9% and 7.8% respectively.