Is solo living is a matter of choice or circumstance in Turkey?
“Solo living” is an increasing phenomenon especially in developed countries starting from 1960s. Turkey is also one of the countries showing an increasing tendency in the percentage of people living alone in recent years. With the demographic transition observed in Turkey, not only the fertility and mortality trends but also the composition of households changes significantly. The dissolution of traditional families during this process results in the increase of nuclear families and other type of families, including one-person households. Indeed, over the last 40 years, there has been a significant increase in the number of people living alone in Turkey. The proportion of one-person households tripled between 1950 and 2003, rising from 2 to 6 percent. This change implies that nowadays over one million people are living alone in Turkey. The study has two different but highly interrelated objectives. The first is to identify the socio-demographic profiles (gender, marital status, educati
