Differences in the sociodemographic vulnerability condition of household heads in the Central Region of Mexico, 2015

Abstract

The effects of economic restructuring policies, as a consequence of the current development model, oriented to the free market, have a greater impact on certain sectors of the population, so, the access and use of human capital, social capital, and physical assets, is related to demographic aspects of the population; therefore, there are limitations in managing external situations caused by the economic environment. This article aims to characterize the differences in the sociodemographic vulnerability condition for household heads in the Central Region of Mexico, 2015; it is intended to integrate into the analysis of the heterogeneities present in this condition demographic traits such as: female heads of household, adolescents and the elderly; through an Analysis of Latent Classes. After the selection of the model with the optimum of latent classes, three patterns of vulnerability present in the heads of households of the Central Region of Mexico, 2015 were generated; one associated with high vulnerability characterized by deficiencies in the dimensions of social and physical assets; another pattern related to medium vulnerability, which was distinguished by deficiencies in human assets; and one more, associated with non-vulnerability. In this way, it was possible to evidence the divergences present in this condition, through the differences in the probabilities of belonging to the vulnerability patterns of the household heads.