%0 Journal Article
%T Income Distribution in Rural Areas of Turkey: A Case Study in Adana Province
%A Erdal Dagistan
%A Aykut G¨¹l
%A Seval Mutlu
%J Journal of Applied Sciences
%D 2005
%I Asian Network for Scientific Information
%X In the present study, we have focused on income distribution in rural areas in Adana Province of Turkey. According to the research, the richest 20% of households receive 58.47% of the total income, while the poorest twenty percent receive 3.21% of total income earned in rural areas of Adana province. A Gini coefficient for the region is 0.539. Income distribution in the region is getting worse. The main reason for this is that, a 6.4% reduction in GNP in 1999.
%K Turkey
%K Adana Province
%K rural area
%K income distribution
%K Gini coefficient
%U http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/ansinet/jas/2005/575-579.pdf