Economic behavior of indigenous peoples: the Mexican case

Latin American Economic Review

Table 13 Material welfare indicators by group

	Stoves	Basic commodities	Non-basic commodities	Public services	RET
	%	Mean [0–6]	Mean [0–5]	Mean [0–3]	RET
Total	90.0	4.00	2.57	2.58
Rural areas	77.2	2.81	1.81	2.11
Indigenous	36.9	1.18	0.97	1.76
Group 1
Tlapanecs	18.9	0.53	0.49	1.32	1.52
Tzeltals	8.5	0.33	0.49	1.73	1.46
Tzotzils	12.3	0.38	0.64	1.91	1.37
Chols	14.5	0.53	0.58	1.81	1.20
Mean Group 1	12.1	0.41	0.56	1.77
Group 2
Huastecs	25.3	0.80	0.83	1.29	1.07
Mixes	39.6	1.01	0.78	1.71	1.07
Mazatecs	26.9	0.76	0.72	1.35	0.94
Chinantecs	38.1	1.39	0.91	1.57	0.91
Mixtecs	37.9	1.07	0.83	1.64	0.91
Nahuas	37.5	1.12	0.99	1.80	0.81
Totonacs	31.1	0.97	0.86	1.84	0.79
Mean Group 2	35.7	1.06	0.91	1.70
Group 3
Purépechas	41.3	1.39	1.35	2.03	0.77
Zapotecs	56.3	1.77	1.14	1.94	0.66
Mayas	39.3	1.96	1.38	1.86	0.41
Otomies	71.7	2.05	1.38	2.03	0.39
Mazahua	74.3	1.56	1.36	1.82	0.24
Mean Group 3	53.3	1.86	1.32	1.92