Dr. Elif Kurtuluş Yiğit Instructor, Ph.D.

Academic History

• 1996, Research Assistant, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies
• 2008, Instructor, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies

Bachelor's Degree

• B.S(1995), Economics, Middle East Technical University

Master's Degree

• M.A. (1999), Economic and Social Demography,  Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies
• M.A. Thesis: Labour Force Structure in Turkey and a Comparison with European Union Countries (Advisor: Prof.Dr. Aykut Toros)  

Ph.D.

• Ph.D. (2005), Economic and Social Demography,  Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies

• Ph.D. Thesis: Causal Analysis of  Selected Life Courses by Using Techniques of Event History Modelling: A Case For Turkey (Advisor: Assoc. Prof.Dr. Turgay Ünalan) 

Other Education

Certificate, Data Collection in International Migration, United Nations Population Fund, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demography Institute, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü, Ankara, 1998.

Certificate, Burden of Disease and Cost Effectiveness, T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı, Başkent Üniversitesi, Ankara, Türkiye, 2002.

Certificate, Research Writing and Presentation, International Max Planck Research School for Demography, Rostock, Germany, 2001.

Certificate, Course in Event History Analysis, International Max Planck Research School for Demography, Rostock, Germany, 2002.     

Certificate, Social Science for Health and Survey Methods: Training Program in Qualitative Survey, Social Science for Health Foundation, Ankara, Türkiye, 2002.  

Certificate, H.Ü. Staratejik Planlama Temel Eğitimi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara,  2006.

Certificate, Time Series and Panel Data Analysis, Graduate Summer School on New Advances in Statistics, ODTÜ, Ankara, Türkiye,  2007.

Publications

Papers

Toros A., Koç İ. and E.Kurtulus Yigit, "Fertility and Child Mortality Differentials Between Migrants and Non-migrants in Turkey", Paper prepared for International Conference of European Association for Population Studies, European Population: Variations on Common Themes, Cracow, Poland, 11-13 June, 1997.

Yiğit, E. K and Koç, İ., " Impact of Welfare Status of the Household on the Child Nutritional Status in Turkey" , Paper prepared for  14th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), Bonn, Germany, 15-17 June 2000.

Yigit, E.K., Koç, İ and B. Ergocmen, 2001. "The Role of Family Network on International Labour Migration to European Union Countries" Second Mediterranean Social and Political Meeting: Family and Welfare State in Mediterranean Labour Markets, Robert Schumann Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, 21-25 March.

Ergöçmen B., Koç İ., Kurtuluş E., Senlet P. and E. Roman, 2001. "A Closer Look at Traditional Contraceptive Use in Turkey", Poster for 129th Meeting of American Public Health Association, Atlanta, 22 October 2001.

Koç İ., B. Ergöçmen , Yiğit E. and P. Senlet, 2001. "1998 TNSA Sonuçlarına Göre Türkiye'de Gebeliği Önleyici Yöntem Kullanımını Bırakma, Yöntem Başarısızlığı ve Yöntem Değiştirme Davranışları" (Discontinuation, Failure and Switching Behaviour of Contraceptive Users in Turkey According to 1998 TDHS), Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Papers in Demography, No.2. (Turkish).  

S. Tezcan, E. Yiğit and B. Çakır. "Obesity Prevalence and its Predictors in Reproductive Age Women in Turkey", IV. International Nutrition and Dietetics Congress, 2003, Antalya.

Çavlin, A., E.Yiğit and S. Tezcan. "Perception and Reasons of Induced Abortion" in Qualitative Survey: Contraceptives and Induced Abortions, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ankara, 2003.   

B. Ergöçmen, İ.Koç, P.Senlet, E. Yiğit and E. Roman. "A Closer Look at Traditional Contraceptive Use in Turkey" The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, 2004:9, p. 221-244.

S. Yavuz, E. Yigit, E. Köksal "Nutritional status of women and determinants of obesity in Turkey", Poster, XXV International Population Conference 2005, France. 

Yiğit, E. "Risk Factors for Malnutrition Among Children Under Age Five in Turkey", V. International Nutrition and Dietetics Congress,2006, Ankara.

Yiğit, E. and S. Tezcan,"Obesity Pevalence of Ever-Married Women in the Last Decade (1993-2003)", V. International Nutrition and Dietetics Congress,2006, Ankara.

Yiğit, E. "Female Sterilization in Turkey", Poster for European Population Conference 2006,Liverpool, UK.

Yiğit, E. "Male Involvement in Contraceptive Use in Turkey", Poster for European Population Conference 2006,Liverpool, UK. 

Yiğit,E. "The Effect of Household Wealth on Educational Attainment of Children in Turkey", Abstract for European Population Conference 2008, Barcelona.

Yiğit, E. "Causal Analysis of Time to First Birth and First Marriage in Turkey", Poster accepted for  European Population Conference 2008, Barcelona.

Published Survey Reports

Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies and Measure DHS+/Macro International Inc., 1999. Turkey Demographic and Health Survey 1998, Ankara.
"Chapter 7: Fertility Preferences", (with T.Unalan), pp.87-95
"Chapter 10: Infant Feeding, Maternal and Childhood Nutrition", (with E.Tuncbilek and A. Hancıoğlu), pp.123-134.

Eurostat Working Papers, 2000. Push and Pull Factors of International Migration, Country Report, Turkey, no:8., European Commission.
"Chapter 10: Intentions to Move" (with A. Toros).

Ergöçmen B. A, Koç İ., Yiğit E.K., Senlet P., and Roman E., 2001  An Analytical Insight into a Traditional Method: Withdrawal Use in Turkey, Ankara, Turkey: Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies and ORC Macro.

Ergöçmen B. A, Koç İ., Yiğit E.K., Senlet P., and Roman E., 2001  Gebeliği Önleyici Geleneksel bir Yöntem Üzerine Analitik Çalışma: Türkiye'de Geri Çekme Yönteminin Kullanımı, Ankara, Türkiye: Hacettepe ÜniversItesi Nüfus Etüleri Enstitüsü ve ORC Macro.

Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies  Turkey Demographic and Health Survey 2003, Ankara.
"Chapter 11: Vaccination and Child Health", (with S. Tezcan), (English-Turkish).
"Chapter 12: Infant Feeding Practices and Children's and Woman's Nutritional Status" (with S. Tezcan), (English and Turkish).  

T.C. Başbakanlık Kadının Statüsü Genel Müdürlüğü, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Nüfus Etütleri Enstitüsü, ICON-Institut Public Sector GmbH and BNB Danışmanlık (2009), Türkiye'de Kadına Yönelik Aile İçi Şiddet Araştırması 2008

            "Bölüm 1: Giriş" (B. Ergöçmen ve S.Üner ile)

Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies  Turkey Demographic and Health Survey 2008, Ankara.
"Chapter 3: Kadınların Temel Özellikleri" (İ. Yüksel ve S. Türkyılmaz ile)
"Chapter 11: Çocuk Sağlığı" (S.Tezcan ve H. Tunçkanat ile)
"Chapter 12: Çocukların ve Annelerin Beslenme Durumu (S.Tezcan ve H. Tunçkanat ile)

Unpublished Survey Reports

Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, 1999. Report on the Baseline Survey for the "IEC Intervention and Advocacy in Gecekondu Areas in Turkey" Project, Ministry of Health General Directorate of Mother and Child Health and Family Planning and Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies, Ankara.
"Chapter III: Respondent Characteristics",

Published Commission Report

State Planning Organization, 2001. Expert Commission Report on Population, SPO Publication no: 2556, ISBN 975-19-2637-8, Ankara.
"Chapter: Population and Development"

Interest Areas

• Life Tables
• Contraception Use
• Field Surveys
• International Migration

Membership

European Society for Population Economics, (ESPE), 2000-2008

European Association for Population Studies, 2005-2008.

Turkish Population Association.

E-mail

• ekurtulu@hacettepe.edu.tr

Telephone

• +90.312.305 11 15 / 120

Other

• Fellow, Turkey Academy of Sciences  (TUBA), National-International Ph.D. Fellowship Program in Social Sciences, 2001
• Fellow, International Max Planck Research School for Demography, Rostock, Germany,2002.