Table 2.

Descriptive statistics

	TDHS 2003				TDHS 2008
	Old		Young		Old		Young
	aged 22–29		aged 18–21		aged 22–29		aged 18–21
Description of selected variables	Obs	Mean	Obs	Mean	Obs	Mean	Obs	Mean
Variables
Children immunized against DPT3	1918	0.624	316	0.520	952	0.821	194	0.810
Children immunized against Hepatitis3	1918	0.491	316	0.362	953	0.788	194	0.772
Age at first marriage	1918	18.956	316	16.471	954	19.680	194	16.641
Age at first birth	1918	22.968	316	18.329	954	23.960	194	18.345
Years of schooling	1918	5.831	316	4.906	954	6.146	194	6.384
Completing 8 years of schooling	1918	0.276	316	0.173	954	0.298	194	0.571
Ethnicity	1918		316		954		194
Turkish		0.746		0.672		0.738		0.736
Kurdish		0.216		0.290		0.231		0.248
Other		0.038		0.038		0.031		0.027
Rural/urban status during childhood	1883		312		944		193
Rural		0.510		0.528		0.451		0.400
Urban		0.490		0.472		0.549		0.600
Child‐gender dummy	1918		316		954		194
Male		0.522		0.511		0.532		0.460
Female		0.478		0.489		0.468		0.540
The birth order dummies of children	1918		316		954		194
First child		0.435		0.781		0.424		0.776
Second child		0.342		0.188		0.332		0.237
Third child		0.133		0.028		0.140		0.089
Fourth child		0.089		0.003		0.104		0.003

Note. DPT = diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus; Turkey Demographic and Health Survey.