Türkiye'de Ailelerin Eğitim İhtiyaçları - Aile ve Toplum Hizmetleri ...

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Educational Needs Of Families In Turkey
2. Management of family budget (establishing balance between income and ex-
penses)
3. Saving of incomes and investment
4. Conscious borrowing (credit card, housing loan, consumer credit)
5. Insured life (life, fire, natural disaster, housing, motor insurance)
6. Energy saving
Firstly, families’ levels of finding themselves competent and then their levels of eagerness
for taking part in training were asked in order to determine educational needs
of families with regard to the topics above.
Research findings generally reveal that family members find themselves competent
in the matters relating to family economy and they are eager for taking part in training
in a low level. Families’ levels of eagerness for taking part in training are higher in the
matters of insured life, saving of incomes and investment compared to other topics.
The topics, in which families are more reluctant, compared to the other topics are conscious
shopping and management of family budget. It is seen that families have higher
levels of eagerness for taking part in training in the matters, where they feel themselves
incompetent.
Family members’ competence levels in the matter of taking part in training and
their levels of eagerness for taking part in training were examined comparatively according
to variables of gender, age, educational background, income level, profession,
marital status, duration of marriage, family type, family life period, number of the children,
state of having or not having participated in an education for families, accommodation
unit (Metropolis, City, District, Town, Village ), settlement (countryside, city)
and region. Results of the chi-square analysis made with this aim are presented below:
Gender. While opinions of female and male participants differ significantly in terms
of finding themselves competent with regard to dimension of economy, they do not
differ in terms of eagerness for taking part in training. Male participants’ levels of finding
themselves competent are higher compared to female participant in the matters
relating to economy. Accordingly, it can be said that women have more educational
needs in the matters of family economy. .