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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics

From: Impact of internal migration on political participation in Turkey

Independent variables

Mean

Standard deviation

Minimum

Maximum

PRIMARY

72.01

9.83

46.44

85.00

HIGHER

7.78

2.47

3.49

16.84

UNDER30

16.63

2.20

13.71

28.20

OVER60

12.29

4.12

4.01

21.76

URBAN

64.51

13.63

34.83

98.96

MP

5.74

4.55

1.00

28.30

PARTIES

2.33

0.41

1.45

3.50

NOCOMPETITION

0.17

0.38

0.00

1.00

EMIGRANT

43.12

18.34

10.23

80.82

IMMIGRANT

21.33

15.56

5.81

83.92

(MPĂ—IMMIGRANT)/100

1.65

3.18

0.16

23.75

TURNOUT2007

84.20

4.74

71.03

92.75

TURNOUT2011

86.66

3.58

74.76

92.00

WEST

0.37

0.49

0.00

1.00

NORTH

0.20

0.40

0.00

1.00

CENTRAL

0.14

0.34

0.00

1.00

  1. Note: For all variables, except TURNOUT2007, their 2011 values are used.
  2. Sources: Tuncer (2011) for MP, PARTIES, NOCOMPETITION, and TURNOUT2011; Tuncer (2007) for TURNOUT2007; Turkstat for all other variables.