“Factors that Influence the Life Satisfaction of Women Living in the Northern Cyprus” (Özge Gökdemir ile birlikte),

Public Happiness , HEIRs, Italy, 1 - 04 June 2013, pp.7

The main aim of this paper is to evaluate the life satisfaction among women living in the

Northern Cyprus by focusing on socio-economic and gender related factors. Within this

context, we aim to analyze the influence of socio-personal characteristics of Northern Cypriot

women in regard to life satisfaction. To fulfill these objectives, a questionnaire survey

has been applied to 510 women living in the major cities of Northern Cyprus. Applying

an ordered logit model, this paper examines the role of several factors such as normal and

social reference income, employment, and savings, health, and education, participation in the

household expenditures, being a full-time housewife, domestic violence, political preferences,

and perception of government performance on life satisfaction. The results demonstrate that

good health, high education, high income, saving, high household income has positive effects

on life satisfaction whereas domestic violence, being a full-time housewife, unemployment

and social reference income has negative effects on life satisfaction.