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Mevsimlik Tar?m ??çilerinin Ya?am Ko?ullar?na ?li?kin Bir Ara?t?rma: Hilvan ?lçesi (?anl?urfa) Örne?i
besides farmers living rural areas many families whose agricultural areas get smaller different reasons thus become insufficient need immigrate places livings seasonal laborers unskilled work ordinary jobs constitute great deal people disqualified mainly busy agriculture disqualified agricultural laborers taking part seasonal immigration comply demand occurs ordinary irrigation work hoeing cotton tobacco corn picking crops like apricot olive hazelnut citrus fruits harvesting onion sugar beet rice etc participants immigration constituted men women children old enough work seasonal agricultural laborers usually family members pass place look job provisions means tools thus stay places determined local employersmanagers try survive efforts predetermined places whole family including children work agricultural laborers live poor conditions suffer pesticides sunburn study carried identify living standards seasonal agricultural workers hilvan county sanliurfa largely rely agriculture sufficient little cultivable lands study sample composed families students attend schools affiliated hilvan county directorate national education involved temporary migration school term ends year face face interviews held questionnaires applied heads 523 families live seasonal agricultural labor results assessed using spss statistical package social science various statistical techniques required study purpose study considers multi dimensions social concepts regard subject objective theoretical approach qualitative quantitative research techniques used together quantitative data techniques questionnaires qualitative techniques data collecting techniques depth interview focus group discussions applied notes depth interview focus group discussions included seperately instead tried reflected added comments evaluation majority children families spend time seasonal laborers regions every year cannot start school time attend end year vehicles seasonal laborers take working areas pose threat since secure enough obvious difficulties faced laborers working places listed nutrition unsanitary conditions low pay poor accommodation circumstances also bring healthrelated problems found interviewees hold green card health card uninsured people turkey means health insurance agriculture affairs taken scope labour law decision numbered 4773 dated 09082002 rg 158200224847 built according flexible manufacturing system full time employing principal considering possible problems may occur applying labour law agriculture affairs agricultural enterprises make use law confined working places employ fifty employees thus large part agricultural enterprises excluded working standarts education important factor progressiondevelopment efforts yet confirmed variety reasons educational background participants poor considerable majority participants 375 illiterate also literacy level varies largely sex patriarchal vicinity position women largely determined traditional values literacy level women low compared men stated 23 agricultural laborers 657 go working areas trucks pickup trucks unsafe conditions method preffered cheap threatens safety travellers traffic huge amount interviewed agricultural laborers 799 satisfy sheltering needs tents brings health problems seasonal agricultural laborers generally work 6 8 months though usually changes thus huge amount sons daughters seasonal agricultural laborers 816 start school time maintain school term till ends county one third families 32 dont health coverages interesting great amount ones health coverage 606 green cards health card uninsured people turkey although great deal interviewees county 855 expressed dont sons daughters school age go school look rate children school age go school various reasons 119 accepted big rate looked problems seasonal agricultural laborers related work environment clearly seen top sheltering nutrition unhealthy conditions environment illpay