TY  - EJOU
AU  - 
T1  - Determining Rural Poverty in  Manga Del Cura – Ecuador Non Delimited Zone
T2  - Journal of Social Economics Research

PY  - 2016
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SN  - 2312-6264

AB  - This paper shows the implementation of the direct method, also called 
unsatisfied basic need index, indirect or poverty line method, Gini 
coefficient and Lorenz curve in Manga del Cura non delimited zone in 
Ecuador. The data used are the result of the processing of 
questionnaires applied to the people living in the zone. Simple 
probabilistic randomized sampling was applied for data processing (136 
questionnaires).  Housing and minimum equipment for home were analyzed, 
together with infrastructure, access to education and home subsistence 
ability. Results show that residents have more than one unsatisfied 
basic need, among them overcrowding, in an infrastructure that does not 
guarantee the minimum sanitary standards needed. These people live under
 the line of poverty because their average earnings correspond to 271, 
37 USD, not enough to cover the cost of a basic food basket and 
Ecuadorian vital food basket. Engel and Gini coefficients demonstrate 
that there is equity in income distribution, what does not necessarily 
constitutes an indicator of good economic conditions, on the contrary, 
in this particular case, they indicate that this population group has  
similar, under 300.00 USD, monthly incomes.
KW  - Unsatisfied basic need index
KW  - Line of poverty
KW  - Gini coefficient
KW  - Lorenz curve.
DO  - 10.18488/journal.35/2016.3.1/35.1.13.20