Factores socioeconómicos que influyen en la calidad de vida de los habitantes de la Comuna Laguna de Cañas, cantón Santa Rosa

Abstract

This research work focuses on the study of the socioeconomic factors that influence the quality of life of the Laguna de Cañas community, Santa Rosa canton, and also investigates how these factors affect the families of this community, among these are the low educational level of the population, low agricultural production, low income of the population, constant migration to other sectors of the provinces of the country, so the following problem is posed. The general objective of the research is to determine the influence of socioeconomic factors on the quality of life of the inhabitants of the Laguna de Cañas commune, through documentary review and verification of information in situ, while the specific objectives were directed, a to describe the socioeconomic factors that are present in the Laguna de Cañas commune, b to identify the characteristics that the quality of life of the inhabitants of the commune adopts; and, c) to establish strategies that allow improving the quality of life of the inhabitants of the Laguna de Cañas commune. The theoretical foundation on which the study is based is Niklas Luhmann's systems theory which, as a sociological theory, aims to explain that the individual lacks the means to intervene in the social system and, even more, to govern it Eguzki, 2009, p. 303, therefore it is necessary to implement productive enterprises in the economic reactivation of households, to strengthen the levels of business competitiveness, which will not only generate jobs, but also those involved in society. Methodologically, the research is of a basic type, since the findings contribute to enrich the literature on the socioeconomic factors included in the quality of life. The design is non-experimental, since the variables are not manipulated, they are approached and analyzed in their natural state, so the scope is descriptive, while the characteristic it adopts is diagnostic - propositive, and the methodological approach is mixed, that is to say that quantitative and qualitative forms are adopted in the handling of the information. The techniques used in the collection of empirical data is the survey, for which a questionnaire has been designed with multiple choice questions, applied to a probabilistic sample of 125 qualified informants, with a margin of error of 7%. In addition, community leaders were interviewed. For the recruitment of information, we proceeded to the review of literature recorded in bous by renowned authors and scientific articles published in journals indexed in catalogs such as. Latindex, Scielo, among others. The results of the research contributed to identify the socioeconomic factors that influence the quality of life of the inhabitants of the Laguna de Cañas commune, one of these being the lack of employment opportunities in the area and, as a consequence, low income, which does not allow them to meet their subsistence and protection needs. Finally, it is important to propose solutions to the problems of the study, the main one being the implementation of productive enterprises for the economic reactivation of the homes of the families of the Laguna de Cañas commune, generating co-responsibility of the actors involved, which are the authorities and the inhabitants of the site.