Causas y efectos del trabajo informal en adolescentes en la ciudad de Machala barrio Luz de América

Abstract

This research project has taken up a very important issue that is currently being considered in some parts of the country. It is a very controversial one because of the socio-economic quality of life of Ecuadorian people. Economic problems, which affect most families, force young people to work as street salespeople, at kiosks, cobblers, and window cleaners at traffic lights. Some of the jobs young people do are because of the lack of money, so they can get money. Moreover, it forces them to take on a lot of responsibility, even though they are not responsible for it, which puts them at high risk. In many cases, their mothers and housewives do not work or have very low incomes, which results in malnutrition, difficulties in finding a place to live, family breakdown, risk of criminality, rape, and violence in the street. As a consequence, they are forced to leave school, in whole or in partial, choosing to work to help their parents, raise their younger siblings, or simply to survive if they are abandoned, which often leaves them without a family. Most young people who work on the street return home at the end of the day and their earnings contribute in some way to the livelihood of the family, either because they are forced to work to help their parents or they start working themselves due to the economic crisis.