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    Motivating Factors of Informal Trade in Intermediate Cities of Ecuador: Application of the Factorial Model
    (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2020) Gabith Miriam Quispe Fernández; Dante Ayaviri Nina; Marlon Villa Villa; Rodrigo Velarde Flores; Marieta Tapia Muñoz
    This research aims to identify the motivating factors that influence the development of informal trade by merchants in the Republic of Ecuador. For this, the inductive method, at causal-statistical level, is applied; making use of a questionnaire as an information collection tool, with a sample of 310 informal merchants from a population of 3,600 located in the city of Riobamba. Factor analysis and linear regression are used. Results show that informal activity is related to unemployment, independence and necessity; being that informal trade depends on age, marital status, ethnicity, area, economic income, location, need, and lack of knowledge about public spaces and taxation regulations.
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    Social and Economic Factors Associated with the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in Universities
    (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2019) Gabith Miriam Quispe Fernández; Vicente Marlón Villa Villa; Otto Eulogio Arellano Cepeda; Dante Ayaviri Nina; Rodrigo Velarde Flores
    The objective of the research is to determine the social and economic factors associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages and their impact on professional training through the fulfillment of academic activities of university students. It uses the deductive method, and has a descriptive level (factorial and discriminant analysis) and explanatory level (regression analysis). The questionnaire was applied as a data collection instrument, which has an index of Cronbach’s alpha of 0.745. It is applied to a sample of 98 students from a total population of 9,194 from the National University of Chimborazo, Ecuador. The results show that the alcohol consumption in university students depends significantly on the age that begins to consume, gender, marital status and frequency of consumption; there are social and economic factors associated with alcohol consumption; a high incidence of alcohol consumption in compliance with academic obligations in the professional training process.