Social Stratification in Mexico

Social Stratification in Mexico: Disentangling Color, Ethnicity, and Class.

Structural Change and Men’s Work Lives: Transformations in Social Stratification and Occupational Mobility in Monterrey, Mexico

Social Stratification

The expression ‘social stratification’ refers to the positions held by individuals and groups in the structures of inequality existing in a society. Specifically, it denotes the classification of individuals and groups into different categories on the basis of the amount of one or more privileges enjoyed by the members of each category and/or the intensity of power that they are able to exert o...

Social Stratification

Socio-economic Stratification and Ill Health in Mexico

As in other societies, socioeconomic inequality in Mexico is manifested in disparities in morbidity and mortality rates among the Mexican population. Individuals living under the most precarious socioeconomic conditions display higher rates of child mortality and other health conditions that are often often associated with poor economic development, such as malnutrition. Moreover, Mexicans from...