Demographic panorama of the Mexican part of the Yucatan Peninsula in 1990-2010
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https://doi.org/10.24917/20845456.15.7Keywords:
birth rate; demographic changes; gender and age structures; Maya people; migration; Mexico; Yucatan PeninsulaAbstract
The Yucatan Peninsula, within the Mexican borders administratively divided into three states: Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatán, is characterized by specific features of demographic change. This region is inhabited by a multiethnic, multicultural and multilingual society. The historical past of this area, from pre-Columbian times to the present day, largely influenced the processes and tendencies that shaped the demographic picture of the region. The aim of the study is to analyze the demographic and social changes that are taking place in the three Mexican states studied at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The study concerns population changes, urbanization level, birth rate, migration as well as gender and age structures in the years 1990 - 2010. Statistical analyzes were based on data taken from the next three censuses of Mexico: in 1990, 2000 and 2010. An increase in the population density was observed in the studied area, especially in communes in which large cities are located. The study also notes the increase in the level of urbanization, with the simultaneous occurrence of municipalities without urban centers. The most noticeable demographic contrasts on the peninsula can be observed between rural and urban regions. In the examined period a clear decrease in the birth rate was noted, especially in highly urbanized areas. Changes in the procreation model and the family are also visible on the example of sex and age pyramids. They point to changes in the number of births and a departure from the characteristics of an underdeveloped society. A very important stimulus affecting demographic changes in the studied area are migrations, focusing the population primarily on the areas of large cities and in the surrounding municipalities.
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