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- Title
Göçebe mevsimlik tarım işçisi ergenlerde yaşam kalitesi düzeyi ve sorun davranışları.
- Authors
Havlioğlu, Suzan; Koruk, İbrahim
- Abstract
Objective: In this research, we aimed to define the quality of life (QOL) in relation to health in adolescent migrant seasonal farm workers and to investigate the relationship between the quality of life, problematic behaviors and socio-economic variables. Method: The research population of this cross-sectional study was adolescent migrant seasonal farm worker, between 13-16 years of age working in agricultural areas covered by three Health Centers in city center of Sanliurfa. A total of 203 adolescents were reached –in the field and interviewed between September and October 2010. A Kiddo-Kindl instrument was used to measure the QOL of adolescents; A Youth Self Report Form (11-18) was used for evaluating problematic behaviors and a short questionnaire to define socio-demographic variables was used. The Mann Whitney u test, t-test, one way variance analysis and multiple regression tests were used for the statistical analysis. Results: The average age of research group was 14.4±1.1 years and 60.1% were girls and 58.1% of the adolescents were not attending school. The healthrelated quality of life was lower in migrant seasonal farm worker adolescents. Physical functions, emotional well-being, self-esteem, family, friend, school and total life quality scores were 52.8±25.3, 63.7±22.6, 52.8±25.5, 66.0±17.6, 69.6±14.7, 53.7±16.8 and 60.3±13.2 respectively (the maximum score is 100). Males had higher QOL score than females (t=-4.18, p<0.001). The total score for problematic behavior was 41.5±16.4. Conclusion: Being a female and having a problematic behavior were negatively associated with the quality of life of migrant seasonal farm worker adolescents.
- Subjects
SANLIURFA (Turkey); MIGRANT agricultural workers; AGRICULTURAL laborers; CHILD migrant agricultural laborers; QUALITY of life; SOCIAL status; QUESTIONNAIRES; QUANTITATIVE research; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Public Health, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
1304-1096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20518/tjph.173073