Diagnóstico social, demográfico y económico, y situación de pobreza del municipio de Guamal, departamento del Magdalena, Colombia

This paper presents the social,demographic and economic characteristics of Guamal (Magdalena) that describe the poverty in this municipality and compares it with the general condition of the rural colombian sector, based on the descriptive and exploratory research carried out using information from the SISBEN database, which was applied criteria of descriptive statistics. In addition, with this same information, a matrix of double entry (which crosses the habitational profile with areas of the municipality) was elaborated for planning purposes. Finally, a process of analysis and participatory reflection of the same population was carried out through focus groups, which showed results about the community’s perception of their living conditions, finding basic deficiencies in coverage and quality of health, higher education, housing, basic sanitation, social participation, trust and coexistence family, situations are all more serious in the rural area of the municipality where 70% of the population lives, which constitutes a situation of poverty that is an obstacle to social integration and is both a source of conflict and destabilizing of democratic institutions, which has negative consequences for all the society.

• Autores: Correa, Marta Elena; Gómez Montoya, Natalia; Mejía Contreras, Raúl Antonio
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Repositorio: Universidad Santo Tomás
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.usta.edu.co:11634/36500
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.ustabuca.edu.co/index.php/LEBRET/article/view/1950; http://hdl.handle.net/11634/36500
• License: Derechos de autor 2018 Revista Lebret