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Living Arrangements and Aging in Mexico: Changes in Households, Poverty and Regions, 1992-2009

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  • Ver¨®nica Montes de Oca
  • Sagrario Garay
  • Brittany Rico
  • San Juanita Garc¨ªa

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This paper analyzes diverse socio-demographic variables in living arrangements among older people at national and regional levels in Mexico. Using the National Survey of Demographic Dynamics for 1992, 1997, 2006 and 2009, we develop two levels of analysis, household and individual, in order to show trends and changes in composition of households in Mexico focusing on those including elderly people. A multinominal logistic model was used to determine the effect of diverse variables on living arrangements. The findings show an increase in the percentage of households with elderly people living alone; at a regional level, the Yucat¨¢n Peninsula has the lowest percentage of elderly households; old men are more likely to live in nuclear and extended families than women; people aged 80 and older currently employed have greater probabilities of living alone.

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  • Ver¨®nica Montes de Oca & Sagrario Garay & Brittany Rico & San Juanita Garc¨ªa, 2014. "Living Arrangements and Aging in Mexico: Changes in Households, Poverty and Regions, 1992-2009," International Journal of Social Science Studies, Redfame publishing, vol. 2(4), pages 61-74, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfa:journl:v:2:y:2014:i:4:p:61-74
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    1. Yahirun, Jenjira J. & Sheehan, Connor M. & Hayward, Mark D., 2017. "Adult children's education and changes to parents' physical health in Mexico," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 181(C), pages 93-101.
    2. Curtis Huffman & Ricardo Regules-García & Delfino Vargas Chanes, 2019. "Living arrangement dynamics of older adults in Mexico: Latent class analysis in an accelerated longitudinal design," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 41(50), pages 1401-1436.

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    Keywords

    households; aging; regions; living arrangements;
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    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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