A Psychilogical Study in Determinants of Poverty in Peru: COVID-19 Context

Abstract

This research is based on identifying the factors of poverty in Peru in the COVID-19 scenario. The methodology considered is explanatory and based on the econometric estimation of a logit model, using the National Household Survey database with 34,473 observations corresponding to 2020. The measurement approach is monetary poverty, with a poverty threshold of S/.360 soles per month per capita (90.05 USD approx), according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (2020), to be considered a poor household. The results found in the logit model show that the increase in the probability of moving to a condition of poverty would be explained by physical factors related to the household's access to public drainage, the geographical area in which they live; social factors such as experience, level of education attained at the primary level, level of education attained at the secondary level, level of education attained at the higher technical level, level of education attained at university, the origin of the school of study, number of children between 6 and 14 years and number of children under five years and economic factors such as monthly income per capita and the number of members who receive income in the household.