Transcript disparities in wealth in mexico - IBGeography

DISPARITIES IN MEXICO
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1.
TO EXPLAIN THE DISPARITIES THAT EXIST WITHIN MEXICO
DISPARITIES IN
MEXICO
WHAT IS THE MARGINALISATION
INDEX?
• An index based on a series of socio-economic
indicators.
– Educational levels & Illiteracy
– Access to plumbing & sewerage
– Drinkable water
– Electricity
– Overcrowded housing conditions
– Unemployment & low pay
– % population living in housing with dirt floors
– Population living in communities of less than
5,000 in habitants
GDP PER CAPITA
33% illiterate compared with
9.5% national average
82% Highly Marginalized
40% Higher fertility but 5%
infant mortality rate
85% below Mexican Poverty
Line
>50% in extreme poverty
1/3 households lack electricity
1/2 households lack piped
water
90% own their own home &
farm plots