Social Culture. Social Culture Comprises Of Customs, Lifestyle

The religion of of Mexico is predominately roman catholic. The majority of Mexicans practice roman Catholicism. This religion has dominated Mexico for centuries, as over 80% of the population practices it. The other precent of religions of the culture

Mexico is the 14th largest county in the world. The Mexicans speak the Spanish language. Much of Mexican culture revolves around religious values and the church. 95% of Mexicans are of the Catholic faith.

capacity to live to be 90, and a little more for women, but life expectancy in the United States

Mexico and the United States are countries that have several aspects to relate and compare the differences that exist between them. Each country has its own characteristics, and is a way of being able to identify to other countries. In this case, Mexico and United States are independent parents with an extensive history where we can know aspects of each one of them. Mexico is characterized by being a country of religious traditions and U.S. for being the first world power. In addition to the above, it is important to highlight the differences existing between the countries of Mexico and United Stated as well as their similarities.

In Mexico and the U.S.A., common health issues such as heart disease and diabetes are shared. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both the U.S.A. and Mexico. However, diabetes is

The overwhelming majority of Mexicans today speak Spanish. According to the CIA, Spanish is spoken by 92.7 percent of the Mexican population. About 6 percent of the population speaks Spanish as well as indigenous languages, such as Mayan, Nahuatl and other regional languages. However, the Spanish spoken by Mexicans varies from the traditional Spanish the originated in Spain. The religion of Mexico is predominantly catholic. Around 82 percent of Mexicans identify themselves as Catholic, according to the CIA, although many have incorporated pre-Hispanic Mayan elements as part of their faith.There are also small communities of Muslims, Jews and Buddhists.

Another huge aspect of Mexican political culture is the Constitution of 1917. Many Mexicans attribute the origins of the political system in Mexico to the Revolution of 1910-1920 and it’s Constitution of 1917. Unlike their American neighbors, the people of Mexico focus and look to the past, not the future, to there missed dreams and hopes. Many people of Mexico support and have faith and pride in the Constitution of 1917, agree with the goals of the Revolution and support their political institutions. (McCormick p.333) The Constitution is seen more as an outline of the goals Mexico has aspired for. Their believe in the Constitution but recognize it as a work in progress as it still contains

Mexico is a lovely country just south of the United states. The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean are on the borders of this country. It is approximately two million square kilometers. The two main climates are tropical and desert, which are two very hot climates. It is plentiful with natural resources such as gold, timber, zinc, and silver. There are approximately two hundred million people who inhabit Mexico, and the predominant language spoken is spanish. The vast majority of people follow a christian faith, but it is not forced upon the citizens. The laws of Mexico is for the most part similar to the United states, but can slightly differ.

During the Spanish conquest and colonization of Mexico, Roman Catholicism was founded as the main religion of Mexico, and today, about 89% of Mexicans identify themselves with Catholicism. Evangelical religions have grown in

Almost all religions are differentiated into ‘institutional’ and ‘folk’. These are the two different types of organization of religions. Institutional is a top-down order of religion, so the rules and practices are set by the elites of the religion. Whereas folk is a bottom-up religion, which means that the general public implements a rule or practice out of necessity or rationality, which then becomes commonality and is adopted by the whole religion. The U.S.-Mexico borderlands’ religion is the “Mexican folk Catholicism” which is a bricolage version of the institutionalized Catholicism, a religion that was first enforced on them by the Spanish, because it is a mix of the traditional Catholic beliefs and some of the indigenous

Religion is cordially express with all origins of Hispanics groups. The vast majority of the Hispanic communities acknowledge religion in their every day activity. In the world, 90 percent of the Spanish-speaking world is Roman Catholic. When evaluating the Hispanic population in the United States it is, reveal that 70 percent of Hispanics are protestant (Census, 2002). It is relevant that church influences family life and community affairs, and gives spiritual meaning to Hispanic cultures. Family life is very strong among Hispanic groups.

Grandparents are also required to sometimes take care of their grandchildren. When parents become too old to live by himself they tend to move in with their children or their children move in with them, they are never allowed to go to a nursing home, unless it is there last option and in need of medication or medical attention. The life expectancy for an elderly mexican person is from seventy six to one hundred years old.

Mexico is an extremely important country, as far as immigration is concerned, in the world. It has a large amount of emigrants that leave their country each year. Many of these emigrants go to the United States. This has caused the Mexican immigration issue to become very popular. After research, we have found out a lot about the country of Mexico.

In “Paradox found (again): Infant Mortality among the Mexican-origin population in the United States” (2007), Hummer and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether the epidemiologic paradox exist for Mexican-origin population of the united states with regard to one very well measured outcome: infant mortality. To assert, first they analyze data from the National center for health and statistics on 20 million cases of birth and 150,00 infant death using maternal identifications reported on birth certificate to calculate age specific infant mortality rate among Mexicans origin population. Secondly, they compare infants of U.S born (Mexican American) women as well as infants to foreign born groups such as non-Hispanic white, non- Hispanic

In today’s society life expectancy at birth is much higher than before. In Mexico the life expectancy at birth is less than the United States. Mexico’s life expectancy average is 74.6 years and in the United States the average life expectancy is 78.8 years. The reason Mexico has a lower life expectancy has to do with the healthcare system and the non-communicable diseases like diabetes. It is the opposite in the United States; Mexican-Americans have a longer life expectancy than the Mexicans living in Mexico.