State and Regional Differences in Female Rural Employment in Mexico

The main purpose of this article is to present a state and regional analysis of female rural employment in Mexico, with particular emphasis on the farm and off-farm employment of women in these contexts. A conglomerate analysis is conducted, using the National Employment Survey 2003 as the main sour...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Garay Villegas, Sagrario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx:article/1423
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/1423
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:rural employment
women
regions
farm work and offfarm work
empleo rural
mujeres
regiones
trabajo agropecuario y no agropecuario
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Sumario:The main purpose of this article is to present a state and regional analysis of female rural employment in Mexico, with particular emphasis on the farm and off-farm employment of women in these contexts. A conglomerate analysis is conducted, using the National Employment Survey 2003 as the main source. The main findings are as follows: the most backward regions in socio-economic terms display high rates of women’s economic participation in unsalaried secondary and tertiary activities. The regions with the greatest economic development concentrate economically active rural women in salaried jobs. The article also highlights the fact that in a region in the center of Mexico, a high proportion of women acknowledge their participation as unpaid family workers.