History of migration, demographic variables and socioeconomic variables
| Dimensions/ indicators | Definitions | Categories | n | Total population | Migrant population |
| Migrant status | Classified children by difference between place of birth and place of residence | NMa | 1694 | 68.7% | |
| Migrant | 772 | 31.3% | 100% | ||
| Direction of migration | Classified migrants by migration movement between place of birth and place of residence based on the political division of Ecuador | NM | 1694 | 68.7% | |
| Rural to urban | 286 | 11.6% | 37% | ||
| Urban to urban | 486 | 19.7% | 63% | ||
| Locality of migration | Classified migrants by size of population of place of birth: communities (rural village), small city (urban towns), medium city (provincial capitals) and large city (migrants from Quito and Guayaquil, the two largest cities in the country) | NM | 1694 | 68.7% | |
| Community | 286 | 11.6% | 37% | ||
| Small city | 170 | 6.9% | 22% | ||
| Medium city | 124 | 5% | 16% | ||
| Large city | 192 | 7.8% | 25% | ||
| Age at migration | Classified migrants considering the age when children left their place of birth (years) | NM | 1694 | 68.7% | |
| ≤3 | 291 | 11.8% | 38% | ||
| >3 | 481 | 19.5% | 62% | ||
| Time since migration | Classified migrants by time spent in current locality (years) | NM | 1694 | 68.7% | |
| <3 | 275 | 11.2% | 36% | ||
| 3–5 | 178 | 7.2% | 23% | ||
| >5 | 319 | 12.9% | 41% | ||
| Migration status of parents | Parents were treated as non-migrants if they were born in the city of Esmeraldas and as migrants if they were born elsewhere | NM | 575 | 24% | |
| One migrant parent | 877 | 36% | |||
| Two migrant parents | 981 | 40% | |||
| Colombian children | First-generartion or secondgeneration migrants from Colombia | No | 2332 | 92.9% | |
| Yes | 103 | 4.1% | |||
| Age of the children | Age of the children (years) | ≤9 | 1294 | 51.6% | |
| >10 | 1216 | 48.4% | |||
| Sex | Sex of the child | Male | 1321 | 52.7% | |
| Female | 1189 | 47.4% | |||
| Farm environment | Classified houses of the children based on farm characteristics (eg, presence of animals and agricultural activities)26 | No | 2141 | 85.3% | |
| Yes* | 369 | 14.7% | |||
| Type of house | Classified houses of the children based on construction materials, presence of urban services and electrical appliances26 | Urban† | 2190 | 87.3% | |
| Transitional‡ | 320 | 12.7% | |||
| Consumption of junk food | Classified children by fizzy drink consumption | Barely | 738 | 33.7% | |
| Sometimes/week | 1132 | 51.6% | |||
| Daily | 323 | 14.7% | |||
| Parents living in the child’s house | Classified children based on the presence of parents at home | Both | 1138 | 45% | |
| One | 889 | 36% | |||
| None | 483 | 19% |
*Houses characterised by farm activities and peridomestic animal breeding.
†Urban house: residences with connection to running water, concrete building materials for walls, use of a flushing toilet, ownership of a set of appliances and two to three urban services.
‡Transitional: residences with an incomplete set of electric appliances, latrine bathroom and use of mixed materials in house construction.
a NM: no migrant