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Author(s)
Alicia Sylvia Gijón-Cruz
Cristina R. Espinosa-Rojas, Rafael G. Reyes-Morales
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DOI:10.17265/1537-1514/2018.05.001
Affiliation(s)
Autonomous University Benito Juárez of Oaxaca, State of Oaxaca, Mexico
Technological Institute of Oaxaca, State of Oaxaca, Mexico
ABSTRACT
Survival and well-being strategies of
rural households are analyzed using the model of rural household economies
(MRHE). There were selected three localities of the semiarid valley of
Tlacolula located in the Central Valleys region of Oaxaca state, Mexico.
Equations of MRHE were constructed by regression of ordinary least squares. The
information on variables was obtained through a probabilistic household survey.
Thus, it was possible to measure the impact of these variables on household
well-being. The results
show that households in this valley are looking to diversify their income
sources through several local and regional economic activities. Thus,
households intend to increase their well-being level, according to the availability of
resources at household and the community. International migration and
government transfers are the main sources of exogenous income that allow an
increase in household well-being. In addition, some households invest in small
family businesses whose net income contributes to the household income.
Collection and hunting are part of the lifestyle of households that have
survived in this valley since pre-Hispanic times and they are just subsistence
activities.
KEYWORDS
household economics, subsistence, activities, international migration
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