Do differences in political socialization cause differences in social-security related expectations? The case of Turkey

The authors investigate whether there were significant differences between social welfare-related expectations of former migrant workers returned from Germany and those of their counterparts who had no prior working experience in a foreign country. Secondly, the authors examined whether differences in gender, age, education, income, occupation, and household size were associated with differences in social welfare-related expectations. This examination is based on the assumption that gender, age, education, occupation, and income form subcultures in Turkish society. Welfare-related expectations are defined as the level of satisfaction with the Turkish social security system. It is assumed that if one has higher expectations from the system, one would be less satisfied with it. An index of the level of dissatisfaction with the Turkish social security system was developed for measurement purposes. -from Authors