Socioeconomic reality in the productive activities developed by women in the Esmeraldas-Ecuador canton.

• Autor(a) principal: Castillo-Toledo, Mónica Maribel
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Rodríguez-Enriquez, Mariuxi de los Ángeles, Holguin-Cedeño, Carlos Andrés, Díaz-Bedoya, Kathia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: spa
• Título da fonte: Sapienza (Curitiba)
• Texto Completo: https://journals.sapienzaeditorial.com/index.php/SIJIS/article/view/290
• topic: emprego, gênero, pobreza, bem-estar, família; employment, gender, poverty, welfare, family.; empleo, género, pobreza, bienestar, familia.

This article analyzes the socioeconomic reality of female heads of household during the COVID-19 health emergency, an event that came to condition the personal, work and family development of these mothers. Therefore, this study is based on a quantitative methodology of descriptive exploratory type, which seeks to know through an inductive process the reality of female heads of household. To carry out the study, surveys were carried out on 97 female heads of household in the area of ​​the banks of the Esmeraldas River, in order to know the employment and family situation of this group. The results showed that since the beginning of the confinement period, the economy of these households has been affected, however, the income and productive activities carried out by the female heads of household in this sector have remained at similar percentages. those received before the start of the pandemic, therefore, there is no significant impact on the quality of life of women heads of household in the sector along the banks of the Esmeraldas River, neither on income nor on family relationships inside the home.