SUMMARY
The main purpose of this study is to examine 4th and 5th grade childrens’ quality of life in terms of their social class indicators. Child’s Quality of Life Inventory was used as a data gathering tool in this study. Data were obtained from the study was analyzed in accordance to information about schools’ social economic statues that gathered from The National Education Directorship in Aydin. Number, percentage, frequency, and chi square were used as a statistical method in present study. The finding of the study shows that life quality of children could be mainly revealed with socio economic statues of them. Also the study reveals the most of the children from low socio economic statue are working as a child labor for contributing to the family budget. The most of the families involved in the study explained that they were willing to send their children to the school after the compulsory elementary education. Beside of this finding, some of the families in the sample % 11,9 (n=16) stated that they were reluctant to send their children to the school after the elementary education. The finding of the study can be considered in terms of public health, school health and general well-being statue of the children in Turkey. ÖzetBu çalismanin temel amaci Aydin Ilinde, ilkögretim 4. ve 5. sinif ögrencilerinin yasam kalitesinin sosyo-ekonomik düzey açisindan incelenmesidir. Arastirmada veri toplama araci olarak arastirmacilar tarafindan gelistirilen “Çocuk Yasam Kalitesi Tarama Envanteri” kullanilmistir. Çalismada elde edilen veriler, Aydin Il Milli Egitim Müdürlügü’nden alinan bilgiler dogrultusunda belirlenen alt, orta ve üst sosyo-ekonomik düzeylerden toplam 6 ilkögretim okulunun 4. ve 5. sinif ögrencilerinden toplanarak bu veriler üzerinde sayi, yüzde, frekans ve ki kare analizleri gerçeklestirilmistir. Arastirmanin bulgulari, çocuk yasam kalitesinin büyük oranda sosyo-ekonomik düzey ile açiklanabilecegini göstermektedir. Alt sosyo ekonomik düzeyden çocuklar okul disinda gelir getirici bir is yaparak aile bütçesine katkida bulunmaktadirlar. Sosyo-ekonomik düzeyi ne olursa olsun ailelerin çogunlugu çocuklarinin egitimlerine ilkögretimden sonra da devam etmelerini isterken, alt sosyo-ekonomik düzeydeki okullara devam eden ögrenci ailelerinin %11,9 (n=16)’u “çocugunun ilkögretimden sonra egitimine devam etmemesini istemektedir. Tüm bu bulgular, toplum sagligi, okul sagligi ve çocugun genel iyi olma durumu üzerine önemli önlemleri gerekli kilmaktadir.