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Entrepreneurship is the driving force of achieving economic development and prosperity, and the source of innovation and creativity. University students are young people with entrepreneurial potential. Identifying the factors that affect the entrepreneurial inclination and entrepreneurial intention of these young people can help determine the right strategies for how they should be supported. This research was conducted in order to determine the effect of family structure, which is one of the most important factors in shaping an individual's personality, on entrepreneurial inclination and entrepreneurial intention. Research data were collected by face-to-face and drop-to-collect technique from senior students studying at eight faculties at the Çiftlikköy Campus of Mersin University during the spring semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. In addition to descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis and regression analysis were used in the analysis of the data. According to the results of the analysis; the family structure affects positively the dimensions of entrepreneurial inclination, which are achievement need, propensity to take risks, self-confidence, innovativeness and focus of control. While the achievement need, propensity to take risks and tolerance for uncertainty, which are the dimensions of entrepreneurial inclination, affect entrepreneurial intention positively; self-confidence, innovativeness and focus of control affect entrepreneurial intention negatively. In addition, it has been found that family structure affects entrepreneurial intention at a low level.

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