Use of contingency tables for the analysis of the consequences of the entry of immigrants to Ecuador

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the reasons for determining the increase of foreign citizens in Ecuador, due to the fact that in recent years there has been an increase of migrants in the country. For this purpose, we have considered obtaining data from a database that was provided by the Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), composed of about 7 million data, where a sample of 1 million records was obtained. With the help of a specialized programming algorithm and free access for statistical analysis such as the R language, it was observed that there are variables that are directly related and allow us to know to what extent travelers tend to choose the country as an option for relocation, according to the analysis it has been noted that 50.06% of these foreigners enter and 49.93% leave the country and that one of the reasons why foreigners come to the countryis for tourism.