Abstract

RAMIREZ GARCIA, Telésforo  and  ROMAN REYES, Patricia. Feminine remittances and households in the State of Guanajuato. Pap. poblac [online]. 2007, vol.13, n.54, pp.191-224. ISSN 2448-7147.

The objective of the paper is to analyze monetary remittances that migrant women from the State of Guanajuato send to their relatives remaining in their communities, to examine the characteristics of households which receive remittances by means of descriptive statistics, distinguishing feminine and masculine remittances, and to determine the amounts, frequency and usage of these resources. Finally, factors associated with the reception of feminine remittances in the State of Guanajuato are examined, trying to identify differences between receptor households of monetary remittances in accordance with the gender of the sender.

Keywords : international migration; remittances; women; households; Guanajuato.