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Demographics and Community Attitudes in the Monteverde Zone

Demographics and Community Attitudes in the Monteverde Zone. Selective Results from the MVI Household Survey. Purpose. To better understand the social and economic situation in the Monteverde Zone

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Demographics and Community Attitudes in the Monteverde Zone

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  1. Demographics and Community Attitudes in the Monteverde Zone Selective Results from the MVI Household Survey

  2. Purpose • To better understand the social and economic situation in the Monteverde Zone • To compare the socio-economic indicators and resident attitudes of Cañitas and Los Llanos with the rest of the region • To gather information that will help develop accurate scenarios Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  3. Methodology • Create summary statistics with selective variables from the MVI Household Survey • Comparison of means and frequencies by community. • About the survey: • Sponsored by the Monteverde Institute • Door-to-door survey from August and September 2002 • Open and closed-ended questions • 532 households and 93 tourist businesses surveyed • 74% of surveyed were women, 26% men Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  4. Household Characteristics Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  5. Household Characteristics Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  6. Residence Since Birth Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  7. Percent Who Think Services Are Not Adequate Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  8. Employment Picture of MV Zone • Households- 532 • Average Household Size- 4.02 • Total Number of People – 2139 • Workers per Household- 2.07 • Total of Workers-1101 • Number of Jobs Worked by People Living In Zone-1256 • Number of Jobs Worked per Worker –1.14 Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  9. LL CP Why Picture Is So Complicated Each household can have up to 6 workers, and some can have as many as 4 jobs, all with different locations, job types and salaries. Senor Salazar works 4 jobs, and Senora Salazar works 2. This is not uncommon in the MV zone Salazars ¢45 ¢75 MV SE ¢75 ¢28 SE MV ¢21 ¢24 Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  10. Where Residents of Cañitas & Los Llanos Work Other 3% Cañitas 51% work in Cañitas 14% 15% 6% 26% Santa Elena 7% Los Llanos Cerro Plano 45% work in Los Llanos Monteverde 14% Presenter: Kathleen Wilson 8% Other

  11. Observations • Los Llanos is less effected by tourism than other parts of the MV zone • Los Llanos has experienced population growth in the past few years • Most Los Llanos and Canitas residents work in their communities, but also have jobs throughout the zone Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  12. Population Estimates and Projections • Number of houses multiplied by 4 • Population likely to increase with new low-income housing development in Los Llanos Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

  13. Next Steps • Analyze job types worked • Average household salaries • Seasonality of work • Education completion/employment type relationship Presenter: Kathleen Wilson

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