Table A4.
Demographic and economic characteristics of indigenous forest-dwelling population in Mexico, by ethnic or linguistic group
| Variable | Chinanteca | Otopame | Oaxaquena | Totocana | Mixe-zoque | Maya | Yutoazteca | Other and unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous individuals | ||||||||
| Age 0–14 | 43.44% | 38.01% | 41.27% | 42.15% | 44.80% | 42.56% | 42.15% | 20.28% |
| Age 65+ | 4.47% | 16.74% | 5.98% | 5.06% | 5.16% | 4.14% | 5.00% | 4.27% |
| Sex = female | 50.76% | 41.63% | 50.08% | 48.98% | 49.10% | 48.35% | 48.35% | 58.72% |
| Household size | 6.58 | 5.37 | 5.47 | 5.81 | 5.75 | 6.22 | 6.44 | 4.67 |
| Number of children age <5 in household | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.32 |
| Place of residence = rural | 81.91% | 73.30% | 92.93% | 88.18% | 79.20% | 48.22% | 92.92% | 44.84% |
| Number of rooms in housing unit | 3.07 | 2.92 | 2.45 | 2.53 | 2.82 | 2.56 | 2.56 | 2.32 |
| Electricity access = yes | 82.38% | 78.73% | 80.48% | 85.43% | 78.33% | 81.74% | 64.56% | 88.97% |
| Access to water supply = yes | 56.42% | 48.42% | 57.52% | 58.22% | 78.55% | 85.25% | 49.49% | 95.37% |
| Phone access = yes | 0.46% | 0.00% | 0.68% | 0.40% | 0.20% | 3.32% | 0.72% | 8.54% |
| Share of group’s total population | 25.34% | 0.03% | 5.72% | 5.60% | 19.47% | 24.47% | 8.49% | 0.05% |
| N (weighted) | 38,504 | 221 | 97,287 | 20,052 | 49,565 | 634,351 | 197,825 | 281 |
| N (unweighted) | 11,957 | 40 | 30,413 | 3,967 | 16,967 | 88,267 | 23,696 | 31 |
| Indigenous adults (age 15+) | ||||||||
| Educational attainment = primary school+ | 40.11% | 22.63% | 35.39% | 28.73% | 31.47% | 39.98% | 38.89% | 60.67% |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single, never married | 26.41% | 2.92% | 25.97% | 28.03% | 26.58% | 26.39% | 24.30% | 21.91% |
| Married or in union | 65.91% | 72.99% | 63.57% | 63.58% | 65.73% | 67.79% | 67.45% | 75.84% |
| Separated, divorced, or spouse absent | 1.82% | 0.00% | 2.33% | 2.02% | 1.84% | 1.80% | 2.01% | 0.00% |
| Widowed | 5.86% | 24.09% | 8.13% | 6.38% | 5.86% | 4.01% | 6.24% | 2.25% |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Employed | 48.85% | 51.09% | 57.76% | 59.38% | 58.50% | 58.35% | 57.38% | 56.74% |
| Unemployed | 0.42% | 0.00% | 0.18% | 1.39% | 0.61% | 0.24% | 0.26% | 6.74% |
| Inactive | 50.73% | 48.91% | 42.06% | 39.23% | 40.89% | 41.42% | 42.35% | 36.52% |
| Inter-province migration within 5 years = yes | 0.71% | 12.41% | 1.88% | 1.18% | 1.49% | 2.16% | 1.76% | 5.62% |
| Share of group’s total population | 27.60% | 0.04% | 6.63% | 6.54% | 21.09% | 27.37% | 10.29% | 0.07% |
| N (weighted) | 21,072 | 137 | 54,609 | 11,511 | 26,845 | 343,597 | 112,085 | 178 |
| N (unweighted) | 6,420 | 26 | 17,129 | 2,314 | 9,294 | 48,696 | 13,272 | 19 |
Note: Means and percentages reported. The universe for indigenous status is restricted to persons age 5+. For those outside of this universe, we apply the indigenous status of the household head. Indigenous group membership is identified using a different variable than the binary indicator of overall indigenous status. Some individuals are identified as indigenous, but their group membership is suppressed or unknown, or they are listed as not in the universe for the group identifer. Of forest-dwelling indigenous individuals, 9,328 are coded this way. This explains the 9,328-observation difference between the unweighted sum of individuals in this table relative to the country-specific figures for all of Mexico.