Samsun residents are above Turkey’s average with the value they place on ‘family, money and grandchildren’.
TURKSTAT conducts satisfaction surveys in Turkey every year. According to this situation, values that people are happy with and people who are sources of happiness are looked at. Samsun University Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Selahattin Kaynak commented on the satisfaction survey conducted by TÜİK. Selahattin Kaynak said, “According to TÜİK life satisfaction research, women and people over 65 are happier. People across Turkey are happiest with their families. Children, spouse, mother and father, as well as their own sons and grandchildren are in the ranking. Values assets come first, health. Turkish people care about health before happiness. Then comes love, success, money and work. This is how the ranking is done across Turkey,” he said.
“Health and money are the two parameters where Samsun is above Turkey’s average”
Informing that Samsun is above the Turkey average, most of the 2 parameters are health and the other is money. There are some local ones. For example, in Turkey, Samsun is above the Turkey average among the provinces that care about the family. Likewise, the value given to the mother and father is higher in Samsun than Turkey. .Samsun ranks 16th among 81 provinces in this regard. In terms of happiness, health, love, success, money and work are also important in Samsun. It has 2 parameters that are above the Turkey average. One of them is money. In other words, our city both cares about health and money, we talked about it.
People who are the source of happiness of Samsun people
According to the TUIK satisfaction survey, the book of people who are the source of happiness for people is 73.03 percent of the people in Turkey with the ‘whole family’, while Samsun is in the 37th place with an average of 74.09 percent, above the average of Turkey. While the average rate of happiness with people and children was 12,86 in Samsun, it was 12,42 on average. With this figure, Samsun ranked 37th in Turkey in the ranking of being happy with children. The average life span of being with spouses was recorded as 5.19 happy in Turkey. It ranked 55th in being happy with people from Samsun with their spouses, falling below Turkey’s average with 4.49. Samsun was happy to be above the average of Turkey in being with parents. The average, which was 2.88 in Turkey, became 3.13 in Samsun. The average of those who are happy with themselves in Samsun exceeded the average of Turkey and ranked 35th. The people of Samsun have surpassed Turkey’s average with the value they place on their grandchildren as a source of happiness. While the average for valuing grandchildren in Turkey was 1.66, this figure was 2.32 in Samsun. With this figure, Samsun ranked 16th among other provinces.
Happiness source values of Samsun people
Considering the values that are sources of happiness, Turkey’s average was 68.01 percent in health, and Samsun’s average was 71.85. Samsun ranked 28th with this number. Your average being happy with love, Samsun ranked 43rd in comparison to other cities, 63rd in happiness with success, and 54th in happiness with work. In the happiness that the money will come out, the people of Samsun took the 17th place with 5.15 percent, which is above Turkey’s average of 4.14 percent.
Furkan Abrek Unal