Adultas y adultos mayores en Sonora: ¿dependientes, autosuficientes o proveedores?
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Keywords

demographic ageing
elderly population
familiar arrangements
income
economic dependence

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Grijalva Monteverde, G., Zúñiga Elizalde, M., & Zupo Jiménez, M. de J. (2007). Adultas y adultos mayores en Sonora: ¿dependientes, autosuficientes o proveedores?. región y sociedad, 19. https://doi.org/10.22198/rys.2007.0.a568

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the characteristics of elderly population in Sonora, focusing on the sources and amount of their income. After reviewing the existing bibliography on the sources of income and economic involvement of the elderly in Mexico, we analyze the projections of demographic ageing foreseen for Sonora in the next decades, as well as the current geographical distribution of older people in the state. By processing information from the XII Censo General de Población y Vivienda [XII General Population and Housing Census] (INEGI 2000) sample, we present a framework for analyzing the status of elderly based on their household arrangements. The statistical information studied highlights a situation that calls into question the perception of senior citizens as economically dependent on their households.

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Copyright (c) 2017 Gabriela Grijalva Monteverde, Mercedes Zúñiga Elizalde, María de Jesús Zupo Jiménez

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