ABSTRACT

Women are in a disadvantaged position in all of the domestic and international statistics of institutions like International Labour Organisation ILO , World Bank, European Union, and International Social Security Association ISSA . Because of various social, economic and cultural reasons, the labour participation and general employment ratios of women are even lower in Turkey when compared to the levels in the EU and the world. Underemployment, in turn, is among the most significant problems for any country when the economic indicators such as production, investment, saving, and national income are considered. When these two negative conditions are combined, societies encounter many long-term and multidimensional problems in their economic, social, and legal lives. This study includes the major labor market indicators and the characteristics of the women who are underemployed in Turkey; and the determination of the main factors accounting for this underemployment. Subject of the study is, rather than to investigate underemployment in the context of economic theories, to determine factors which effect women underemployment using with a gender based framework. For this purpose TSI Household Labor Force HLF 2009 raw data set is used. Using SPSS 11.5 software package, we applied logistic regression model to investigate factors which determine total, time related underemployment and inadequate employments. HLF-2009 data is generalized for Turkey using SSI’s weights. Aim of the study is to determine current situation of women underemployment and to contribute other research will be taken and development of policy recommendations related with employment or underemployment of women. To be divorced, working as unregistered, increasing education level and live in rural areas increase underemployment risk