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Salud Pública de México
Print version ISSN 0036-3634
Abstract
GUTIERREZ-ROBLEDO, Luis Miguel et al. Opportunity cost approximation of underage caregivers in Mexico. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2021, vol.63, n.4, pp.530-537. Epub Feb 27, 2023. ISSN 0036-3634. https://doi.org/10.21149/11915.
Objective:
To calculate the cost assumed by society for having underaged individuals who do not study and provide care to dependent older adults.
Materials and methods:
The Mexican Health and Ageing Study (MHAS) 2015 was used to calculate the number of underage caregivers who do not attend school. The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH) 2018 was used to estimate wage differences between populations at working age with complete elementary and complete high school education. Those differences were then converted to present value, added and multiplied by the number of underage caregivers.
Results:
The total annual cost of having underage caregivers who drop out of school adds to 1 112 179 210 pesos.
Conclusions:
The topic concerning underage caregivers has not received enough attention from specialized literature and there is still a large research gap in this area.
Keywords : caregivers; minors; older adults; cost; student dropouts; Mexico.