Table 1 Socioeconomic and education level in the coastal plain of Chiapas between 1995 and 2012

Gender

Female

50.4

65.7

Male

49.6

34.3

4

17.9

22.5

3

13.5

19.7

5

20.3

18.5

Total of people living in the house

1-2

4.4

16.8

7 and > 7

26.9

12.0

6

17.1

10.5

0

0

63.8

People younger than 5 years old

1

44.7

24.7

2

41.4

9.4

3

11.9

1.5

>4

2.0

0.6

1

69.5

40.2

Bedrooms

2

23.5

31.9

3

5.0

19.6

>4

2.0

8.3

2

9.6

35.2

People per room in the house

1

2.4

22.5

3

16.7

19.2

4

23.2

10.1

>5

45.0

12.9

Block or brick

41.9

72.3

Walls

Palm or bamboo

20.8

15.9

Wood

34.1

10.7

Cement

43.3

90.0

Floor

Ground

55.8

8.8

Zinc

13.8

43.9

Roof

Straw or Palm

51.8

42.3

Tile

24.4

10.3

Cement

2.6

2.6

Others

7.2

0.9

Housewife

49.2

65.3

Occupation

Farmer

39.2

14.4

Fisherman

3.8

10.9

Others

7.8

9.4

Elementary school

13.3

23.1

Elementary school incomplete

40.0

23.1

Schooling

Illiterate

24.1

16.6

Middle school

3.6

14.9

Read and write

14.3

10.3

High school or higher

2.2

6.8

Middle school incomplete

2.6

5.2