South America — Flow Monitoring Surveys 2: Brazil, Ecuador and Peru (April — July 2018)

IOM conducted surveys between April and July 2018 in transit and settlement locations of nationals from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The resulting analysis was derived from the responses of 7,691 Venezuelan nationals over 18 years of age: in Brazil (3,711 respondents), Ecuador (2,344 respondents) and Peru (1,636 respondents).

The average age of the respondents was 31 and the median was 29. In general, more men were interviewed than women (56% men and 44% women). The age group with the highest percentage was 26 to 35 years representing 39 per cent of the total people interviewed, within this group, the percentage of men was greater than that of women (22% and 17% respectively). The percentage of Venezuelan nationals that reported being single was 60 per cent on average between the three countries, and the marital status of the respondents did not differ significantly between the countries, except for married individuals in Brazil, which was 43 per cent.