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Poverty and Family Transitions to Adulthood in Rural Localities on the Yucatan Peninsula (Translation of Spanish Version)

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Poverty and Family Transitions to Adulthood in Rural Localities on the Yucatan Peninsula (Translation of Spanish Version)

National Survey on International Emigration of Guatemalans 2002-2003 (Translation of Spanish Version)

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

National Survey on International Emigration of Guatemalans 2002-2003 (Translation of Spanish Version)

Fertility and the Environment in a Natural Resource Dependent Economy: Evidence from Petén, Guatemala

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

This paper examines potential relations between factors related to fertility and the access to and use of natural resources in Petén, Guatemala. The Petén forms the heart of the Selva Maya, the largest lowland humid forest in Mesoamerica. The rapid inmigration of subsistence maize farmers has converted much of the Petén’s forests to agricultural fields. Population dynamics have been transformed in that virtually all farm families have arrived since the 1970s and that total fertility rates exceed the national rural mean. Continued migration, exceptionally high fertility, a youthful population, and a large consumer to producer ratio are hypothesized to be related to the dramatic land cover dynamics shaping the landscape of the Petén. An emerging body of literature suggests that environmental factors can affect fertility decision-making and behaviors, especially in natural resource dependent economies like that of the Petén. This paper examines these relationships using data from...

Migrations Among the Indigenous Language Speaking Population in Southeastern Mexico (Translation of Spanish Version)

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Migrations Among the Indigenous Language Speaking Population in Southeastern Mexico (Translation of Spanish Version)

High Fertility in the Central American Isthmus: A Risk in Transition (Translation of Spanish Version)

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

High Fertility in the Central American Isthmus: A Risk in Transition (Translation of Spanish Version)

International Migrations and Their Economic Effects in El Salvador (Translation of Spanish Version)

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

International Migrations and Their Economic Effects in El Salvador (Translation of Spanish Version)

Impact of Formal Education of Women on Reproductive Behavior in Four Socio-Cultural Contexts in the Soconusco Region of Chiapas (Translation of Spanish Version)

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

This paper analyzes demographic changes that occurred between 1977 and

1996, in four socio-cultural contexts in the Soconusco Region of Chiapas, Mexico. It is

based on a socio-demographic random sample survey that compiled primary (1139

household groups) and secondary (population and agricultural census) information.

The results based on cohort analysis provide evidence for the existence of

various fertility trends among the different socio-cultural contexts. In average urban

settlements, fertility has remained low stable, and in rural indigenous settlements it has

also remained stable, but high. Only in rural mestizo and marginal urban communities

have there been overall and significant fertility declines. In marginal urban settlements,

in spite of showing a generalized fertility decline, adolescent fertility has increased.

These trends are closely related to the changes in schooling levels achieved by

females,...

Nicaraguans in Costa Rica and the United States: Data from Ethnic Surveys (Translation of Spanish Version)

Wed, 9 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Nicaraguans in Costa Rica and the United States: Data from Ethnic Surveys (Translation of Spanish Version)

Left Behind in the Economic Crisis: Poverty Among the Elderly in Costa Rica (Translation of Spanish Version)

Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

The economic crisis at the beginning of the eighties impacted 20th-century Costa Rica in

many different ways. Government programs were successful in reducing the proportion

of poor people from 35% in 1985 to 23% in 2000. This article utilizes official Household

Surveys corresponding to the period 1981-2002 and Population Censuses to perform

an estimation of age, cohort, and period effects, in order to show that poverty among

the elderly can be understood as a cohort effect. Their poverty conditions are

associated with their low schooling, mainly among men. The probability of having the

right to a retirement pension and the fact that individuals with lower educational levels

earned low income during their later working years, intervene in the relationship

between schooling and poverty as a cohort effect.

Soon after the end of the civil war in 1948, Costa Rica underwent political and economic

changes that aided...

Types of Household, Family Life Cycle and Poverty in Costa Rica (Translation of Spanish Version)

Tue, 8 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Types of Household, Family Life Cycle and Poverty in Costa Rica (Translation of Spanish Version)

Introduction to "The Population of the Central American Isthmus in 2003"

Mon, 7 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Introduction to "The Population of the Central American Isthmus in 2003"