Documento de Trabajo
Multiactivity Farm Work in The Less Urbanized Contexts of Mexico : 1993 and 2003
Autor
Pacheco Gómez, Edith
Flores Vaquiro, Nelson E.
Resumen
One of the aspects always mentioned in studies on the economic dynamics of rural contexts in Mexico is the non-exclusivity of a single economic activity. In some studies, this phenomenon is described from the perspective of land use, and in others from the various labor combinations that can be produced in the domestic unit with the idea of explaining forms of social and family reproduction. In still others, this discussion is framed from the point of view of the various sources of income obtained in rural families. In short, there are several levels of discussion on the subject. This article deals with the issue of multiactivity by considering the possible work trajectories a person may have in the six months considered in order to record “farm subjects” in the agricultural module of the National Employment Survey taken during the period from 1998 to 2003.