Diferencias motivacionales en la elección migratoria de los migrantes venezolanos residentes en Guayaquil. Sector formal

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the motivational differences in the migratory choice of Venezuelan migrants living in Guayaquil in the formal sector, this study belongs to the second part of the seedlings research project that began in 2019. The approach is quantitative with a correlational and explanatory scope. Different multivariate analysis techniques were used such as: factorial, cluster, and discriminant. Among the outstanding results are two identified dimensions: political-social and work-family. Where, based on these detected dimensions, a classification of migrants is presented divided into: altruistic, alternative and altruistic-selfish, of which the altruistic-selfish group prevails. In addition, that the motivations are centered under the young qualified migrants, who maintain monthly income between $ 500 and $ 2000, and who have not been affected by the pandemic and still continue to send remittances to their country of origin.