Abstract

PENA PINA, Joaquín; SALVATIERRA IZABA, Ernesto Benito; MARTINEZ VELASCO, Germán  and  ZUNIGA LOPEZ, Rosa Elva. Determinantes socioeconómicos de la migración laboral: el caso de los indígenas mames de la Sierra Madre de Chiapas, México. Pap. poblac [online]. 2000, vol.6, n.23, pp.153-179. ISSN 2448-7147.

Labor migration to the coffee country houses between mam indians has been practicing through this century. Last ten years, Pavencul, a comunity located at Sierra Madre de Chiapas, diversified its migration destinies inside the country and United States of America. This survey was conducted to identify a migration patterns, first the magnitude of labor migration by a community census; after, we apply an instrument for gathering data that included economic and social variables. Several interviews were done to support quantitative data. Results shown that labor migration keeping at present time for mam indians and community, as a surviving strategy.