AUTHOR=Quispe Mamani Julio C. , Flores Turpo Giovana A. , Calcina Álvarez Dominga A. , Yapuchura Saico Cristóbal R. , Velásquez Velásquez Wily L. , Aguilar Pinto Santotomas L. , Quispe Quispe Betsy , Quispe Maquera Nelly B. , Cutipa Quilca Balbina E. 

TITLE=Gap and Inequality in the Economic Income of Independent Workers in the Region of Puno-Peru and the Effect of the Pandemic, 2019–2020

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sociology

VOLUME=Volume 7 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2022.858331

DOI=10.3389/fsoc.2022.858331

ISSN=2297-7775

ABSTRACT=Objective This article seeks to determine the social determinants of inequality in economic income in independent workers in the Puno region in the periods 2019 and 2020. Method The quantitative approach was used, with a descriptive and correlational design, considering the model of multiple regression. Result It was determined that there is a very important income gap by educational level due to the productive differential that COVID-19 affected all households; There is inequality in the economic income of independent workers, since in 2019 there was a greater inequality of economic income among independent workers (Gini=0.6142) in relation to the national level (Gini=0.415) and in 2020 inequality of income increased. economic income due to the COVID-19 problem, where the Gini coefficient rose to 0.7136 in relation to the national level (Gini=0.431). Conclusions The determining factors of the economic income of the independent worker in the Puno Region for the years 2019 and 2020 are the age of the worker, the level of education and the sex of the worker.