Indigenous Fertility in Mexico
(2010) EKHR01 20101Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- The aim of this paper is to study the influence of indigenous identification on the fertility of Mexican women. It has been debated if the higher fertility of indigenous women in the Country is due to culture and traditions specifics of indigenous people, or if it is caused by socioeconomic and demographic factors. Controlling for socioeconomic and demographic variables, the results from an Ordinary Least Squares regression model with data from the National Survey of Demographics’ Dynamic 2006, indicates that ethnicity is not a variable that influence in the fertility of Mexican women. Moreover, the fertility of indigenous women is converging quickly to the level of nonindigenous women even when the socioeconomic and demographic... (More)
- The aim of this paper is to study the influence of indigenous identification on the fertility of Mexican women. It has been debated if the higher fertility of indigenous women in the Country is due to culture and traditions specifics of indigenous people, or if it is caused by socioeconomic and demographic factors. Controlling for socioeconomic and demographic variables, the results from an Ordinary Least Squares regression model with data from the National Survey of Demographics’ Dynamic 2006, indicates that ethnicity is not a variable that influence in the fertility of Mexican women. Moreover, the fertility of indigenous women is converging quickly to the level of nonindigenous women even when the socioeconomic and demographic differences remain nowadays. (Less)
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- author
- Inda Diaz, Juan Salvador LU
- supervisor
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- Martin Dribe LU
- organization
- course
- EKHR01 20101
- year
- 2010
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Fertility, Ethnicity, Mexican Indigenous women, OLS
- language
- English
- id
- 1615051
- date added to LUP
- 2010-06-21 14:34:34
- date last changed
- 2010-06-21 14:34:34
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abstract = {{The aim of this paper is to study the influence of indigenous identification on the fertility of Mexican women. It has been debated if the higher fertility of indigenous women in the Country is due to culture and traditions specifics of indigenous people, or if it is caused by socioeconomic and demographic factors. Controlling for socioeconomic and demographic variables, the results from an Ordinary Least Squares regression model with data from the National Survey of Demographics’ Dynamic 2006, indicates that ethnicity is not a variable that influence in the fertility of Mexican women. Moreover, the fertility of indigenous women is converging quickly to the level of nonindigenous women even when the socioeconomic and demographic differences remain nowadays.}},
author = {{Inda Diaz, Juan Salvador}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Indigenous Fertility in Mexico}},
year = {{2010}},
}