Envejecimiento y migración en Baja California
In the future, the population of 60 years old or older will increase in absolute and relative numbers at a very rapid pace in Mexico. Using data from Censo general de población y vivienda 2000, Encuesta sobre migración en la frontera norte de México and Consejo Nacional de Población (Conapo), the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Frontera Norte |
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| Online Access: | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=13603804 |
| Summary: | In the future, the population of 60 years old or older will increase in absolute and relative
numbers at a very rapid pace in Mexico. Using data from Censo general de población y vivienda
2000, Encuesta sobre migración en la frontera norte de México and Consejo Nacional de Población
(Conapo), the purpose of this article is twofold: first of all, to analyze the aging process in
the municipalities of Tijuana and Mexicali, located in the state of Baja California, which
has a very low proportion of the eldest; and second of all, to examine the role of
migration in this process.
Tijuana has a younger population which is aging slowly due to a very intense immigration
of young workers and potential parents. Mexicali, on the other hand, has a high
percentage of a native population that is aging unrelentingly, and it also has a lower flow
of immigrants who are older, and includes a high concentration of persons who had
previously resided in the United States. |
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| ISSN: | 0187-7372 2594-0260 |