The elderly laboral conditions in the Honduran context

Authors

  • Norma Adriana Castillo Bertrand IIES - UNAH

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/eya.v4i1.4331

Keywords:

Elder Population, Laboral Force, Occupational Condition

Abstract

In Latin America and the Caribbean, an inexorable aging phenomenon is affecting the population and is in a generalized process, spreading through all the countries in the region, at different paces.

Nonetheless, one can perceive how in the various these demographic transitions along the different countries in the region are evolving to dissimilar stages of fertility and mortality in the periods of 2010-2015 (ECLAC / CELADE, 2008).

Honduras based on these data , it is located in the middle of a transition phase because the values of the total fertility rate ( TFR) is 3 children per woman and life expectancy at birth of 73.6 years which are close to the regional average ( 2.16 children per woman and 74.7años ) respectively.

According to the Household Survey and General Purposes (PMHS) May 2012, the total elderly population condenses a total of 786.016 which represents 8.6 % of the total population. On the other hand, the economically active population (EAP) of this age group is approximately 321.669 people where 99.5 % are employed and 0.5% are unemployed. Among the occupied population segment 67.5% are men and 32.5 % women participating in higher percentages, within the ages of 60-69 years.

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Published

2017-06-19

How to Cite

Castillo Bertrand, N. A. (2017). The elderly laboral conditions in the Honduran context. Economía Y Administración (E&Amp;A), 4(1), 47–82. https://doi.org/10.5377/eya.v4i1.4331

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