Stature, weight, arm circumference, triceps skinfold and grip strength were measured in a cross-sectional sample of 116 men and 113 women, 20-82 years of age, from a rural Zapotec-speaking community in the Valley of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Mortality statistics, growth, and maturity status of...

Survey data from a sample of 575 women from the city of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico, are analyzed to ascertain the effect of the receipt of job-related benefits, including health benefits, on the self-reported health status of women, their rating of the health of the members of their household,...