El rostro de la pobreza en el cantón Macará de la provincia de Loja

Abstract

Abstract:Poverty is a global phenomenon difficult to eradicate; therefore there are some investigations that study it quantitatively and few qualitatively; therefore, in the present, its objective is to analyze the social and economic reality of people considered in a situation of poverty in the rural sector of the Macará canton, using a qualitative methodology of a descriptive type, in which four households are interviewed, taking into account five categories: Health, Food, Housing, Income and Education. The The results obtained indicate that households buy medicines particularly due to Due to shortages in medical centers, families do not consume the necessary nutrients to an adequate balanced diet; the houses present precariousness that does not allow them to live with dignity, mostly income comes from agriculture and sale of products who harvest; and, currently, they do not have school transportation, the heads of household studied only Elementary School. Finally, the households interviewed do not consider themselves poor; however, it concludes by making public policy recommendations focused on solving these problems and needs they are going through.