Mexico to USA International Migration

Question 1

How many Mexicans emigrate to the USA annually?

Answer 1

1 million

Question 2

Push factor:

What is the Mexican literacy rate?

Answer 2

55%

Question 3

Push factor:

What percentage of Mexico’s population is unemployed?

Answer 3

40%

Question 4

Push factor:

How many doctors per 1000 people in Mexico?

Answer 4

2.1 doctors per 1000 people

Question 5

Push factor:

What is there lots of in Mexico?

Answer 5

Crime and corruption

Question 6

Pull factor:

How many doctors per 1000 people in USA?

Answer 6

2.5 per 1000

Question 7

Push factor:

Average GNP in Mexico

Answer 7

$3750

Question 8

Pull factor:

Average GNP IN USA

Answer 8

$24750

Question 9

Pull factor:

What is the USA’s literacy rate?

Answer 9

99%

Question 10

Pull factor:

What percentage of the USA population is unemployed?

Answer 10

5.5%

Question 11

Pull factor:

What is abundant in the USA?

Answer 11

Low paying jobs Americans are unwilling to do

Question 12

Impact:

How much is spent by the US annually on maintaining border patrols?

Answer 12

$3.7 billion

Question 13

Impact:

What is kept low in border towns by Mexicans?

Answer 13

Wages

Question 14

Impact:

What is enriched by Mexican immigrants?

Answer 14

Border state culture

Question 15

Impact:

What benefits from the cheap labour?

Answer 15

The border states economy

Question 16

Impacts:

What do Mexican border towns and the countryside have a shortage of?

Answer 16

Economically active people

Question 17

Impacts:

What amount of people have Mexican border towns lost?

Answer 17

2/3 of the population

Question 18

Impacts:

Which gender is there more of in Mexico?

Answer 18

More women in Mexico due to predominantly men leaving to work

Question 19

Impacts:

Which age groups are left behind in Mexico by emigrants?

Answer 19

Young people (children) and the elderly

Question 20

Impacts:

How much money is sent back to Mexico each year?

Answer 20

$6 billion