Análisis del Efecto del Acceso a Servicios Básicos en la Satisfacción con la Vida de las Personas : El rol de las amenidades en el rendimiento económico

Abstract

According to the results of the 2017 National Employment, Unemployment and Underemployment Survey (ENEMDU, acronym in Spanish) by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC, acronym in Spanish), 35% of households in Ecuador do not have access to the public sewage and water supply network, mainly in rural areas of the country. The present study analyzes the effect of basic services on the level of satisfaction with life of the inhabitants of Ecuador. To do this, the ENEMDU corresponding to the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is used as a data source. A generalized logistic model is used to evaluate the relationship between access to basic services by type and the level of life satisfaction. The results show that inhabitants who do not have access through the public network to basic services such as drinking water, electricity, sewage and/or paving of access roads are more likely to report low levels of satisfaction with life compared to those who access through the public network to these services. The absence of basic services can have a deep negative effect on the quality of life of citizens. It was also found that the effect of basic services by type on life satisfaction varies according to people's income level.