Abstract

ORTEGA MUNOZ, Allan. Transborder space between Belize and Mexico in the early 20th century: a socio-demographic analysis of the impact of migration on family formation. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2013, vol.8, n.15, pp.177-200. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2013.15.90.

Belize and Mexico share demographic, cultural and economic characteristics. Their bordering peoples have experienced sociability processes that have an impact on family formation and their mode of assimilation to their destinations when they migrate. These processes were evaluated through the civil registry of birth and death records in Corozal, Belize and South Quintana Roo, Mexico (from 1885 to 1955) with the purpose of reconstructing family composition. Information about fertility and family types (endo/exogamic families) was drawn from the same source. Results show differences in these areas. Each social group (intimate culture) thus has a different experience of its migratory process.

Keywords : Mexico-Belize border; family formation; inter-ethnic relations; migration.