Determining factors affecting regional poverty levels in Türkiye: a comparison of ordered discrete choice models.

Background: This study aims to determine the factors affecting the poverty rate among the households in question by region, the western, central, and eastern regions underwent research separately.

Methods: This study uses the ordered discrete choice models: the heteroskedastic ordered logistic regression, generalized ordered probit, and partial proportional odds models.

Results: Based on the findings of the data, statistically significant relationships between the variables; age, gender, levels of education, marital status, the number of equivalent individuals within the household, the existence of individuals under the age of 5 within the household, the presence of individuals over the age of 65 within the household, working status, the number of working individuals within the household, financial difficulty, the presence of income generated through real estate (rent) or securities, residential homeownership, chronic diseases, and the year of data collection were spotted.

Psychological Help-Seeking Status for Living with Mental Health Conditions in Türkiye: Using a Multivariate Probit Model.

Background/aim: Mental disorders constitute a significant public health concern, contributing significantly to the overall disease burden. Individuals experiencing mental distress often delay or avoid seeking psychological help or do not seek help due to varying factors. This study examines the factors affecting individuals' preferences, particularly young people, in seeking psychological help in Türkiye.

Analysis of factors affecting alcohol and tobacco concurrent use by bivariate probit model in Turkey.

Alcohol and tobacco use are risky factors that are associated with one another. High alcohol and tobacco use are significant public health problems with social and economic costs and one of the leading causes of preventable death and disease. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic and economic factors on alcohol and tobacco concurrent use.

Determination of factors influencing tobacco consumption in Turkey using categorical data analyses.

The aim of this study is to specify factors influencing tobacco consumption in Turkey, which belongs to developing countries group, and to determine the extent of their influence. Factors related to the sociodemographic, economic, personal, environmental, and healthy life indicators influencing tobacco consumption in Turkey were determined using logistic and probit regression analyses. According to the results of the study, age, gender, education, marital status, fruit consumption, exposure to tobacco smoke at home, and frequent of alcohol consumption are the most influential variables effecting tobacco consumption.