Abstract

TARAPUEZ, Edwin; GARCIA, María Dolly  and  CASTELLANO, Nélida. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN QUINDÍO (COLOMBIA). Innovar [online]. 2018, vol.28, n.67, pp.123-135. ISSN 0121-5051.  https://doi.org/10.15446/innovar.v28n67.68618.

The aim of this work is to define the relationship of 13 socioeconomic aspects on the entrepreneurial intention of university students in the Department of Quindío (Colombia) who are enrolled in the last term of their degree. A data collection instrument was applied to a sample of 297 students. A total of 254 responses were received through the web page www.encuestafacil.com and 43 responses in physical format. Data were analyzed by means of Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Logistic Regression, using spad 5.6 and Statgraphics Centurion 16.1.15 data analysis software. It was found that "the type of university institution" and "having an entrepreneur friend" are the most influential aspects in university students' entrepreneurial intention. In addition, several associations are recognized between the types of qualitative variables; especially those related to a greater business intention among older students of private institutions who count with working experience, belong to the highest socioeconomic strata, who are married and have entrepreneurs as members of their family. No gender influence was observed in the entrepreneurial intention of university students.

CLASIFICACIÓN JEL: M13, R19, Z13.

Keywords : Socio-economic aspects; entrepreneurship; University students; entrepreneurial intention.

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