Social vulnerability in Mexico: spatial distribution by electoral section

The objectives of this work were 1) to construct a detailed scale social vulnerability index, 2) to discover the existing spatial patterns, 3) to determine their distribution and spatial association, and 4) to identify the clusters of this indicator of social inequality. The 2010 population census was used, which is the latest available. Usual techniques of conventional statistics and spatial statistics were applied. The results obtained suggest that there is a process of socio-spatial segregation which is related to migratory flows, economic informality, concentration of indigenous population, and distance from large urban centers with greater economic activity.