Comarca Lagunera: Between the socioeconomic characterization and the availability of piped water

Abstract

Objective: this research aims to describe the municipalities located around the Comarca Lagunera. This description is focused on sociodemographic features. The municipalities are located in the states of Coahuila and Durango. These are: Francisco I. Madero, Matamoros, San Pedro, Torreón and Viesca –wich belongs to Coahuila- and Gómez Palacio, Lerdo, Mapimí and Tlahualilo –in Durango-. The information sources come from different instances (CONEVAL, CONAPO and INEGI). In all cases, the level of disaggregation is municipal and the moment collection of information corresponds to 2020. Design/methodology/approach: the methodological strategy is quantitative. The analysis technique uses descriptive statistics to incorporate synthetic measures (such as indices) and shares Results: These are the municipalities with the highest values by variable. Mapimí is the Gini’s index is 0.54, the 36.2% of the population of Viesca is dedicated to primary activities. In Tlahualilo the 4.13% of households lack pipe water and the Torreon’s index of marginalization is 0.62.

Limitations on study/implications: it was not possible to present the information with a higher level of disaggregation because the chosen variables only have data available up to the municipal level.

Findings/conclusions: The use of indices to carry out a very useful characterization and can be strengthened by the inclusion of specific variables that account for the municipal situation.

Keywords: inequality; households without piped water; primary activities