Turkish Fertility Survey 1978

Abstract

The 1978 Turkish Fertility Survey is the third nation-wide survey which was carried out by the Hacettepe Universtiy Institute of Population Studies at five- year intervals.Prior to the 1968 survey the first Turkish Kap Survey was conducted by the Ministry of Health in 1963.The present survey is a result of close collaboration between the World Fertility Survey and the Institue of Population Studies. The field work of this survey was conducted with the cooperation of the Turkish Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.