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Table 1 Sociodemographic data of the three municipalities

From: Cultural change and loss of ethnoecological knowledge among the Isthmus Zapotecs of Mexico

Municipality

% Speaking indigenous language

% Speaking Zapotec monolingual

% Speaking Zapotec monolingual

% Of 15 year-old or older who read and write in Spanish

Average number of years in school

% Of the population engaged in primary production activities

 

Year 2000

Year 2000

Year 1950

Year 2000

Year 2000

Year 2000

Juchitán de Zaragoza

70.01

8.81

27.26

52.11

6.26

13.89

San Blas Atempa

92.76

24.87

72.08

39.95

3.56

33.79

Santa María Xadani

97.71

34.07

83.33

32.05

3.36

35.01

  1. Linguistic competencies, level of schooling and primary production as an occupation of the three municipalities. The gradient is shown in percentages of Zapotec and monolingual speakers, reading and writing skills in Spanish, formal education level and population engaged in primary productivity activities.