Comparative Study of Rural Poverty and Quality of Life in Inhabitants of Two Districts in Peru

Abstract

Poverty is a social problem that has affected millions of societies on the planet.  Quality of life standards is as diverse as each person's perception of them. The objective of this research was to describe to what extent and how rural poverty affects the quality of life of the inhabitants in the districts of Ongón and Urpay-Pataz, 2022. The research methodology was applied, with a quantitative approach, and a non-experimental design with causal and cross-sectional correlational scope. The variables considered were rural poverty and quality of life.  The population was made up of 1250 inhabitants of the district of Ongón and 2048 inhabitants of the district of Urpay-Pataz, 2022, and simple random sampling. The sample was was 340 inhabitants of both districts. The survey technique was used and the questionnaire as an instrument. There was a significant influence of rural poverty on the quality of life of the inhabitants in the districts of Ongón and Urpay-Pataz, which suggested a decrease in rural poverty contingent on an improvement in the quality of life of the population. Rural poverty among the inhabitants was at a good to a regular level associated with aspects of family farming, social protection, sustainable management, rural non-agricultural employment and integrated infrastructure packages in the districts, and access to health, food, and sanitation services. The quality of life of the inhabitants was located at a good level to regulate linked to physical, psychological, social, and environmental aspects, access to electricity services. The influence of rural poverty and the quality of life due to its physical, social, and environmental dimensions in the inhabitants of the district of Ongón and Urpay, Pataz, were evident.