Title
Education and economic resources in rural women in Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad del Zulia
Abstract
Education is an important resource for women who are able to empower themselves in agricultural activities for the good of their families and society. They perform various functions in agro-export companies, which are a source of employment for large masses of labor, which is why the research aims to determine if education contributes to increasing the economic resources of rural women. The study method is applied type, socio-critical paradigm, with a correlational quantitative approach, under a sample population of 211 surveyed women who live in the rural area of Cañete in Peru. Pearson correlation was used to determine the relationship between the variable education and economic resources, as well as the dimensions agriculture and poverty. Evidence in the results that there is a positive correlation between the variables and the dimensions where field work is an alternative for women lacking higher education who manage to generate economic income. It is concluded that education is positive and good in rural women who carry out agricultural activities, being they trained to work in them, even when they are restricted by Covid-19, obtaining economic resources in times of pandemic is an advantage that favors their economy.
Start page
81
End page
93
Volume
26
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sociología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85097385361
Source
Revista de Ciencias Sociales
ISSN of the container
13159518
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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