Family economy of Ciudad del Este in the period of 2021

Abstract

Given the need to study the situation of the family economy in Ciudad del Este, with the purpose of identifying the effect of a crisis on different families seeking to provide information that will be useful to the entire community in general. Due to the scarcity of studies with solid data on the current situation of the family economy. The objective of this work is to analyze the situation of the family economy in Ciudad del Este in 2021, as well as to describe the state of the family economy and show the factors that aggravate it. The family economy of Ciudad del Este in 2021 is in a crisis situation caused by the Covid-19 (SARS CoV-2) pandemic. The sample consisted of 74 people from 18 years of age onwards of different genders and social strata who collaborated with the research work. The instrument used for this is the questionnaire with structured questions.

Families with their own home are 66.22%, for rent is 27.3% and living in borrowed homes is 6.76%, unlike the UNDP report, 78.9% of the homes are owned, 11 .2% is rented and transferred is 8.8%. The households of each family are made up of an average of 3.7 people. Coinciding with the Report: "Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 in Paraguay - 2021" -UNDP says that Paraguayan households are made up of an average of 3.8 people. 55.41% of the responses obtained are female, 21.62% being between 18 to 29 years of age more frequently and 44.59% are male, where 18.92% are over 41 years of age with more frequency. Through this investigation we were able to verify that there were variations in the behavior of consumers in each family.