Abstract:

More than one factor can affect the life satisfaction of individuals. Examples of these are factors such as gender, educational status, marital status, health status, income status, social life, environmental factors and economic security. The aim of this study is to determine the factors affecting the life satisfaction of individuals by making use of the 2019 Life Satisfaction Survey data made by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The satisfaction variable of the dependent variable was selected and analyzed with the SPSS package program. With the Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis, the happiness levels were examined according to their socio-demographic characteristics and the results obtained were interpreted statistically. In the analyzed results It has been revealed that demographic characteristics and time can change satisfaction, in addition to these, education, health status, income status are statistically significant in terms of life satisfaction.

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