HDI and migration

Question 1

What is HDI?

Answer 1

Human development index

Question 2

What 3 factors are used to calculate HDI?

Answer 2

Health (life expectancy)
Education (years in school)
Income (GNI)

Question 3

What is GNI?

Answer 3

Gross national income

Question 4

What is SEDA?

Answer 4

Sustainable Economic Development Assesment

Question 5

How many factors does SEDA have?

Answer 5

10

Question 6

What type of migrants go from Mexico to USA?

Answer 6

Voluntary economic migrants

Question 7

What was the USA’s original view on Mexican migrants?

Answer 7

Pleased to have Mexicans doing the dirty jobs with poor wages and unsociable hours that they Americans didn’t want

Question 8

Which economies in the USA benefitted most from Mexican migrants?

Answer 8

California and Texas were experiencing rapid growth

Question 9

What did the Americans assume the Mexican migrants would do after a few years?

Answer 9

Leave

Question 10

Why did American reduce the amount of Mexican migrants coming into the US?

Answer 10

As by 2010 12 million Mexican migrants came into the US

Question 11

What proportion of USA foreign born population is Mexican?

Answer 11

28%

Question 12

How many migrants did Obama deport during his presidency?

Answer 12

2.5 million

Question 13

What push factors are there for Mexican migrants?

Answer 13

Poor medical facilities
Low paid jobs
Low literacy rate
Low life expectancy
High unemployment

Question 14

What is the doctor to patient ratio in Mexico?

Answer 14

1 to 1800

Question 15

What is the GDP per capita of Mexico?

Answer 15

$10,000

Question 16

What is the literacy rate of Mexican adults?

Answer 16

55%

Question 17

What is the life expectancy in Mexico?

Answer 17

72yrs

Question 18

What is the unemployment rate in Mexico?

Answer 18

40%

Question 19

How has Mexico benefitted from migration to the US?

Answer 19

Easily find jobs with higher income
Increased standard of living
Remittances

Question 20

How much do legal and illegal Mexican migrants send back to Mexico?

Answer 20

$6billion

Question 21

What happened in the 1970’s that changed Americas perception of Mexican migrants?

Answer 21

world hit by a recession, unemployment increased and caused Americans to become bitter about Mexicans taking jobs Americans felt they needed

Question 22

How have US restrictions on migrants affected migration?

Answer 22

If they couldn’t get in legally they now entered illegally

Question 23

How many illegal Mexican migrants are in the US?

Answer 23

3 million known thought might be up to 10 million