Remesas indígenas. Perfil de las viviendas receptoras en el estado de Puebla, México

Objective: To analyze the principal characteristics of remittance receiving households in Puebla (Mexico), given its important presence in the national accounts. Our hypothesis was that, given the ethnic specificities in Puebla, the characteristics of the receiving dwellings and the trends of remittance sending differ from those originated from mestizo population. Methodology: We estimated a binomial logistic regression using data from the Intercensus Survey of 2015, which allows establishing the level of association between the categories of the analyzed variables and the possibility that an indigenous dwelling receives remittances. Results: We found differences in the indigenous population’s characteristics, which could be related with the destination’s labor market in which they inserted and to the ethnic characteristics of the group. Limitations: given the characteristics of the data source, we could not use other relevant variables to the study of remittances, such as the amount or uses given to this resource. Conclusions: Households with the highest propensity to receive remittances are those which are female headed, with low schooling (up to complete primary school), not in union, with medium degrees of marginalization (mainly), in addition to receive other types of income such as pensions, internal remittances or government programs.