Autoestima, resiliencia y aportes sostenibles para el desarrollo productivo del adulto mayor que emprende en El Oro

Abstract

This article aims to determine the importance of self-esteem, resilient activities, and sustainable contributions for the productive development of the elderly who undertake in the Autonomous Decentralized Parish Governments of the province of El Oro. The development of the study was supported by documentary sources of Previous research that served as a theoretical foundation that allowed this research to be supported on a vulnerable population known as older adults. The research methodology used was a mixed intersubjective approach, with a type of analytical study and a deductive method. It was possible to work with a representative sample of 366 older adults who benefit from the programs and projects promoted by the GADP in the El Oro province. Surveys techniques were used mainly, as well as interviews and when inserting the information collected in the statistical program SPSS25. The following results were obtained: 53.3% of older adults are people who do feel useful at this stage of their lives. 77% said they always participate and undertake in the programs developed by the GADP in the province. A considerable group of 64.2% indicated that they were in unstable economic situations. As a conclusion, it can be known that there are social public policies benefiting the elderly, however, all the duties that society has in relation to the elderly as a priority group and all the rights that people of the elderly have should be promoted in a more visible way the third Age.

Keywords: Older adult, self-esteem, resilience, entrepreneurship, sustainable contribution.