Surveys as Instruments of Modernization

The Case of Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID3756692
AuthorsAgustín Escobar (CIESAS del Occidente), Bryan Roberts (The University of Texas at Austin), Bryan R Roberts (The University of Texas at Austin)
Year1998
Volume42
Issue2
Pages237-251
Publication date1998-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764298042002008
OpenAlexW2062626055
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

Survey research in Mexico has flourished as an instrument in the country's modernization, particularly since the 1970s. It has profited from a close association with government. This association has, at times, led to an uneasy relationship with academics, but in recent years, the increasing availability of official survey data has permitted independent critiques of the government's own analysis of surveys and of their methodology. The challenge to Mexican survey research comes primarily from the social heterogeneity and uneven development of the country. Factors making it difficult to standardize national surveys are the persistence of a traditional rural sector, part of whose population speaks indigenous languages; large differences in consumption levels between and within regions; high rates of population mobility; and a large informal sector. The article focuses on the achievements and shortcomings of Mexican survey research when applied to the rural-urban transition, poverty, labor markets, and migration

Consumption (sociology) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · General Social Survey · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Indigenous · Modernization theory · Political science · Population · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Survey data collection · Urbanization · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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