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Table 7 Percentage of Mexican EAP self-employment by economic activity

From: Economic behavior of indigenous peoples: the Mexican case

 

Total

Rural

Rural (6 states)

Non-indigenous

Indigenous

Non-indigenous

Indigenous

Non-indigenous

Indigenous

Primary sector

33.8

51.0

34.7

51.4

49.7

60.0

Corn and bean crops

51.3

60.6

51.3

60.5

60.8

64.0

Commercial crops

35.3

48.8

36.0

49.1

45.4

55.6

Land workers

22.8

29.4

23.3

29.9

35.1

42.6

Secondary sector

17.7

32.6

19.2

36.8

27.6

39.0

Crafts

40.3

68.6

41.8

72.2

63.8

76.2

Construction

24.0

22.9

18.5

19.2

19.1

20.7

Other

14.8

27.1

17.0

32.2

26.5

33.3

Tertiary sector

25.6

32.1

28.2

34.1

33.5

35.4

Trade

44.9

51.7

46.4

54.3

53.6

52.1

Other

19.6

24.9

21.1

25.5

25.3

27.9

Total

23.3

40.6

27.3

45.0

41.7

54.3

  1. Source: INEGI 2010