Households and Remittances in Two States of International Migration: The Cases of Hidalgo and Nayarit

This article's objective was to observe the relation between size & sort of household & the reception of remittances from the United States in migrant & non-migrant's households from the States of Nayarit & Hidalgo. A descriptive analysis of some socio-demographic characteristics was performed, these causes are associated to remittances' reception in the households & it was found that the receiver households have heads of family in advanced ages, low schooling level, an important participation of women as heads of family, mainly in rural communities, mostly nuclear & extended households, smaller in size & own household, with presence of migrant & return-migrant family members from the United States between 1995-2000. In the second place, the important participation of women as heads of family in Nayarit & Hidalgo can be directly or indirectly associated with masculine migration. Figures, Charts, References. Adapted from the source document.