Determinantes socio-económicas en la adquisición de viviendas en la ciudad de Machala – Ecuador.

Abstract

This research describes the socioeconomic determinants in the acquisition of homes of the homes of the city of Machala, whose main objective is to measure the probability of own home ownership through a probit model. Throughout history one of the causal factors of concern has been the possession of housing, this problem has arisen mainly in underdeveloped and developing countries, this implies that for families, acquiring a home is a high value investment; globally, housing indicators constitute fundamental sources that show conjecture in social development. The type of research is descriptive, with a quantitative approach, the survey is used as a data collection technique by applying a questionnaire to the heads of the households of the Machala canton, then the probabilistic model is executed which explains that the tenure of housing It is a function of household income, household members between 18 and 65 years of age and employment of the head of the household since these variables have the optimum significance.