Abstract

NAVARRO OCHOA, Angélica. Elderly women’s vulnerability, work and health in Ameca, Jalisco. Región y sociedad [online]. 2017, vol.29, n.68, pp.5-36. ISSN 2448-4849.  https://doi.org/10.22198/rys.2017.68.a223.

This research analyzes the living conditions of elderly people, especially women, in Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico. Examining their situation from a gender perspective enables us to show the complexity of the relationships constructed by them in order to face inequality, impoverishment and a greater vulnerability as compared with men. This study is qualitative, although quantitative analysis was not discarded. Based on in-depth interviews, experiences of some elder women facing abandonment, disability or battering, and who must work to survive are reconstructed. It contributes to make visible the risky and vulnerable situation of this population segment. Results show a relationship between their sufferings and their work overload. Therefore, the elderly’s living conditions are vulnerable on account of family, cultural and economic circumstances, which become evident in poverty, abandonment and marginalization.

Keywords : elderly women; women workers in Ameca, Jalisco; elderly women’s social vulnerability; women workers’ health; social interaction of elderly women.

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