Materials and Method: The household structure of the elderly population was analyzed using tabulated data from Turkey"s Address-Based Population Registration System, for the first time ever. Household projections were produced according to the headship rate method.
Results: The percentage of households with elderly persons will continuously increase, from 22.5% in 2016 to approximately 41% in 2050. The presence of elderly in all household types will continuously increase during that period, except extended-family households. While in 2016 9.9% of nuclear families lived with at least one elderly person, by 2050 this percentage will have risen to 19.6%. One-person elderly households will also continuously increase, from 5.4% in 2016 to 14.7% in 2050.
Conclusion: The elderly population in Turkey will mostly live in one-family households in the future, as is the case at present, but there will be an increase in the number of elderly living in one-person households. In 2050, about 15% of all households in Turkey will be oneperson elderly households. The elderly will steadily move from co-residence lifestyles to single-resident lifestyles. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Turkish Statistical Institute.
Keywords : Aged; Family characteristics; Demography; Life style