Examınıng of socıa-economıc status development level of the admınıstratıve provınces ın Turkey wıth factor analysıs and cluster analysıs

Theprovinceshaveshownimportantdifferences in terms of socio-economicsdevelopmentlevels. The main aim of thisstudy is toestimate of thedevelopmentlevels of 81 provinces of Turkey. Demographic, education, health, economicandagriculturelvariables is used in thisstudy. Factorandclusteranalysisthataremultivariatestatistical methodswereusedfortheestimates. Thefivefactorsnamed as demographic, health, economicandeducationindicatorswereobtainedfromfactoranalysis. Accordingtofactorweights, thelevels of socialandeconomicdevelopment of theprovinceshavebeenidentified. As a result of the cluster analysistheprovinceshavebeenclassified as threegroups, Theprovincesthatareverysimilartoeachothertookplacewithinthesamegroup. Thefirstgroup is composed of themostdevelopedprovinces, thesecondgroup is composed of developedprovincesandthethirdgroup is composed of undevelopedprovinces. Inthiscontext, in thefirstgroupthere is onlytheprovince of İstanbul, in thesecondgrouptherearetheprovinces of İzmir, Ankara, Kocaeli ve Bursa.Theremaining 76 provinces is in thethirdgroup.KeyWords:Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Socio-Economic Development Level