Social and educational characteristics of the Cooperativa Central de caficultores of Huila – Coocentral: commitment to impact the quality of life in the south of the country

This paper of presentation presents partial results of an investigation that is developed in the Cooperativa Central de Caficultores del Huila –Coocentral, to identify the social and educational characteristics of its affiliates and their family nucleus against sociodemographic, social and educational variables that are essential in competitive and empowerment aspects for strengthening the business sector and the quality of life of associates and their families. The methodology used in the study was developed under the quantitative approach of descriptive type, with a non-experimental design of transactional cut. For the data collection, an instrument was applied that measures three (3) variables with a non-probabilistic population sample with simple sampling, with 3% of the total number of associates corresponding to 109 participants.

The results found some sociodemographic characteristics such as: the average age of the associates is 49 years, 58% is in stratum one, 62% of the associates earn less than a minimum wage, they have an average of 3 to 4 children, on average they have a maximum of 5 years degree of study, the main problem for which Coocentral associates leave their studies by 39% is due to economic problems. As well as the opportunities for improvement at the business level and economic stability to raise the income of the affiliates in order to provide them with training and qualification scenarios through education, since most of them have not completed their primary and bachelor studies. Likewise, routes of actions to be implemented were identified as competitive strategies that result in the productive growth of the members of the cooperative.