Mexico Polls: Economy is the Biggest Problem
 Cesar Aguilar - The News
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October 15, 2009
 |  | Every 52 seconds a child abandons school because of a difficult economic situation, and 3.5 million children work to help their parents, and the income they provide, between 25 and 40 pesos a day, is 50 percent of the family income in 5 million homes. |  | | |
According to recent opinion polls, the majority of Mexicans think the economic crisis is the biggest problem the federal government should be working on, especially as it relates to unemployment, poverty, and the uneven distribution of wealth.
The poll results, conducted by BuendííLaredo and Consulta Mitofsky, were presented Wednesday at a meeting of the Let's Do More For Mexico Foundation.
Roy Campos, director of Consulta Mitofsky, said that an opinion poll conducted by his company revealed that among the majority of Mexicans, "there's a problem of will" regarding the expectations to get out of the current economic crisis.
Aidee Resendiz, president of the Foundation, said that her organization will do what it can to create active citizens, who don't just wait for the state, "but rather, will fight and cooperate in a participatory democratic model."
Giving an outline of the current state of Mexican society, Resendiz said that in the country, 21 million children live in extreme poverty. She continued: every 52 seconds a child abandons school because of a difficult economic situation, and 3.5 million children work to help their parents, and the income they provide, between 25 and 40 pesos a day, is 50 percent of the family income in 5 million homes.
She said that between 2006 and 2009, unemployment levels increased, and there are now 3 million adults who are without work, according to the National Council of Political Evaluation.
She said that 50.6 million Mexicans, which is 47.4 percent of the population, live in poverty, and she clarified, "that means that they don't have enough money to meet their minimum needs in food, health, housing and clothing."
Resendiz said that the poorest 10 percent of the population receives 1.4 percent of total income, while by contrast, the wealthiest 10 percent of Mexico's population receives 39.3 percent of the country's money.
Jorge Buendía, director of BuendííLaredo, said that the national poll his company conducted indicates that the majority of Mexicans think the economic crisis is the country's main problem, and its solution should be President Calderón's first priority, even above his fight against insecurity.
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