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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of refugees vs natives

From: The impact of Syrian refugees on natives’ labor market outcomes in Turkey: evidence from a quasi-experimental design

 

Refugees

Natives (in 2013)

       

Mardin

 
    

Hatay

G.Antep

 

Siirt

 
  

Out of

Adana

K.Maras

Adiyaman

Diyarbakir

Batman

 
 

In camps

camps

Mersin

Osmaniye

Kilis

Sanliurfa

Sirnak

Overall

Gender

 Men

51.4

51.4

49.7

49.4

48.7

49.1

49.0

49.2

 Women

48.6

48.6

50.3

50.6

51.3

50.9

51.0

50.8

Age groups

 1–12

36.7

34.0

24.9

28.5

30.9

32.2

27.0

24.9

 13–18

16.3

14.9

12.2

13.1

14.8

15.5

13.1

12.2

 19–54

42.4

45.0

48.3

47.3

45.0

44.1

48.0

48.3

 55–64

2.8

3.7

8.0

5.4

5.0

4.5

6.5

8.0

 65+

1.7

2.4

6.6

5.7

4.3

3.6

5.4

6.6

Educational attainment

 Illiterate

12.3

18.8

10.6

13.9

14.5

23.0

19.3

15.9

 Literate (no degree)

5.5

9.5

13.7

15.1

18.7

25.2

23.1

18.7

 Primary school

36.6

33.0

33.7

35.9

31.6

24.1

23.8

30.3

 Middle school

24.7

19.4

18.0

18.3

18.9

17.0

20.4

18.3

 High school

13.2

9.6

15.5

10.9

10.0

7.2

9.1

10.8

 Higher education

7.8

9.7

8.6

5.9

6.3

3.6

4.2

5.9

  1. The demographic characteristics of the Syrian refugees come from a survey conducted by AFAD in June 2013 (Syrian Refugees in Turkey, 2013 Field Survey). For the demographic characteristics of natives, we use the Turkish Household Labor Force Survey 2013 micro data set