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ORTIZ, Rina et al. Sociodemographic characteristics of the adult population of the parish Cumbe, Cuenca-Ecuador. AVFT [online]. 2017, vol.36, n.2, pp.57-64. ISSN 0798-0264.

Introduction: The economic and social growth of Latin America has varied throughout its history, as well as the perception of the importance of socioeconomic factors in the health-disease process. Ecuador is a Latin American country that has been involved in this growth and changes in the population pyramid and all the factors that affect it, so the objective of this study was to evaluate the socio-demographic characteristics of the adult population of Cumbe-Ecuador. Materials and methods: A field, descriptive, cross-sectional study with multistaged randomized sampling was carried out in 374 adults of both genders, residents of the rural parish of Cumbe of Cuenca city, province of Azuay. A clinical history covering the socio-demographic characteristics and physical examination was performed in an integral manner. Qualitative variables were expressed in absolute and relative frequencies. Results: Of the total of 374 individuals evaluated, 66.31% (n = 248) were female. As the age increased, the level of socioeconomic status was reduced. In evaluating the educational level, it was observed that primary education was more frequent in both extreme poverty (68.4%) and the working class (63.9%), while in the middle and upper-middle classes it was higher frequency of higher studies with 60% and 41.8% respectively, with a statistically significant association (χ²=66.047; p<0.001). Conclusion: In Cumbe was found a population-based sociodemographic distribution according to the Azuay Province, with a higher percentage of females, a young population, with a high frequency of married subjects, of working class and educational level mainly below higher education. Therefore, political efforts should be increased in the search for a population with a higher educational and socioeconomic level.

Palabras clave : socioeconomic status; educational level; work activity; rural population.

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