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MIER Y TERAN, Marta  y  RABELL, Cecilia. Schooling and spoken language in rural communities in the Yucatán Peninsula. Rev. Mex. Sociol [online]. 2013, vol.75, n.3, pp.371-406. ISSN 2594-0651.

This article analyzes the effects of the Maya and Spanish languages spoken in families and rural communities located in the Yucatán Peninsula on young people's formal education. Young Maya speakers have fewer complete years of schooling than non-speakers; yet when they live in predominantly Maya-speaking communities, their educational attainment is higher than it is in Spanish-speaking communities. Among young female Maya speakers, there is a negative effect associated with the fact that they are Maya speakers. In indigenous communities, schooling is also encouraged among young female Maya speakers, yet to a lesser extent than among young males.

Palabras llave : indigenous education; indigenous language speaker; primary and secondary socialization; gender inequalities; marginalization and poverty; Yucatan Peninsula.

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