Table 8 Type of activities and self-employment rates for indigenous groups
From: Economic behavior of indigenous peoples: the Mexican case
| Â | EAP type of activity | Self-employment rate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | |
Primary sector | 83.0 | 62.1 | 41.7 | 93.9 | 68.5 | 74.6 |
Corn and bean crops | 66.0 | 31.8 | 19.7 | 96.1 | 75.9 | 87.4 |
Commercial crops | 11.4 | 17.7 | 12.2 | 88.0 | 64.5 | 71.5 |
Land workers | 5.6 | 12.6 | 9.8 | 79.7 | 55.6 | 52.9 |
Secondary sector | 8.6 | 21.0 | 34.6 | 50.2 | 45.6 | 41.6 |
Crafts | 2.6 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 91.2 | 83.5 | 77.5 |
Construction | 3.2 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 15.6 | 22.4 | 22.7 |
Other | 2.9 | 8.1 | 14.5 | 51.8 | 42.3 | 36.4 |
Tertiary sector | 8.4 | 16.9 | 23.7 | 40.8 | 39.4 | 44.6 |
Trade | 2.7 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 66.5 | 69.3 | 71.0 |
ther | 5.7 | 11.7 | 16.7 | 28.4 | 26.0 | 33.5 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 85.7 | 58.8 | 56.1 |
| Â | Percentage of families receiving assistance from relatives who have migrated | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | International | |||||
| Â | 0.10 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 1.72 | 4.23 | 4.32 |