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The objective of this investigation was to determine how the factors that influence the entrepreneurial intention (EI) in Colombia are associated and which of them are of greater relevance. The methodology that was used was descriptive with a correlational focus. This study was based on the Theory of Planned Behavior,, involving socioeconomic variables and the facility to do business according to Doing Business. To this end, an information collection instrument was used on a sample of 485 students enrolled in 36 Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree programs in Colombia. Data were processed using two statistic methods: Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) and Logistic Regression (LR). This research led to establish nine factors that characterize the Colombian entrepreneurial intention (EI) in MBA students in Colombia, from which three correspond to social norms, two of them are associated with attitudes, two of them belong to behavior control, and two others involving socioeconomic issues. Similarly, according to MCA, it was found that students with a higher EI are closely related with cities that have high and medium facilities to do business. This relationship may be based on the fact that the populations in which there are more opportunities to create companies have a more appropriate context that facilitates entrepreneurial activity. In conclusion, a higher entrepreneurial intention is determined by the combination of these variables, which in order of importance correspond to social norms, attitudes, and behavior control together with some socioeconomic issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study evaluates a new methodological procedure for "micro-sociometric" analysis of gender relationship patterns in the adolescent students, which is analyzed using Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). The purpose of the study is to develop and assessment of the Gender Relationship Preferences Scale (GRPS), in order to obtain valid and reliable data to recognize the willingness of the young (girls and boys) to interact with their peers; and to determine whether the relationships established between them are conditioned by the gender differential socialization proposed by patriarchy (Bosch, Ferrer & Alzamora, 2006; Lagarde, 1996; Lomas, 2007; Lorente, 2007; Rodríguez-Mosquera, 2011; Simón, 2010; Tomé & Tonucci, 2013). The sample size is 6000 cases, adolescent students, of whom 50.8% are women and 49.2% are men, with a mean age of 13.82 years. The construct validity is tested and it has obtained a high reliability (Cronbach's alpha = .92) for the determining the allocation of roles and gender stereotypes in the classroom, what it is obtained while considering the "social distance" and elective structure of boys and girls in classrooms. Maps "micro-sociometric", obtained with MCA, facilitates the interpretation of the results, which are consistent with other theoretical approaches, identifying the "social distance" between people, categories and both genders. The results highlight relational activities showing very marked gender patterns such as sharing clothing or choosing a couple, and the relational behaviors associated with inter-intra gender differentiation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]