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

Abstract

Abstract: Thepresentthesisaimstoanalyzethesocialandeconomicrealityofpeopleconsideredto be in situations of poverty in the Olmedo canton. The methodological design isparticipatory action research (PAR) usingqualitative techniques suchas Life Historyand Focus Group. The investigation analyzes five categories. These are: Food, Health, Education, Income, and Housing. There sultsindicatethat,intheareaoffood,households have limited nutrition. In the area of health, households have limited accessto prompt attention. In education, heads of households studied until primary school forworkreasons. Inincome, twoof the three house holds de pendsolelyonei theragricultural workor peasantin surance .Inhousing, all house holdsdono thaveade quate infrastructure. Itisconcluded that the living situationofthethreehouseholdsisconditionedand thattherecommended publicpoliciesare focused onsolving the problems that the house holds themselves considerto beexperiencing.