Proceedings of the 10th International Academic Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences
Year: 2024
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Ethnic-Racial Demography in Mexico: How Population Diversity Shape Families and Inequalities
Cristina Gomes, Karla Denisse Franco
ABSTRACT:
Mexico is a multiethnic country with a diverse population composed by European descents, Afro descents and indigenous groups, determined by a colonial history followed by independence wars and eugenics orienting education in the first half of the 20th Century. This study compares three population groups according to their specific population age and family structures as well as demographic diversity in number of children, child mortality, disability, and family composition, as well as the level of education. The objective is to understand how these population groups differ and the intersections between demographic and social characteristics in racialized groups. The quantitative methodology includes demographic methods to describe the patterns and differences between ethnic-racialized groups and to explain how racism has been reproduced in population conforming structural inequalities. The results show that the ageing process is less accelerated among indigenous and Afro descents, related to their lower level of education and other socioeconomic vulnerabilities, but also to family structure and composition, leading to the need for support for racialized elderly in the next decades.
keywords: population, indigenous, Afro descents, family, inequalities