Abstract

ANEZ G, Carlos A  and  YICON R, Linda G.. Socioeconomic Segregation of Colombians in the Municipality of Maracaibo. Revista de Ciencias Sociales [online]. 2007, vol.13, n.2, pp.264-277. ISSN 1315-9518.

The study analyzes the socioeconomic segregation level of Colombians in the eighteen (18) parishes of Maracaibo, based on the 2001 census. Through the methodological proposal of residential segregation, the socio-economic conditions of these immigrants are determined within the urban structure in which they are inserted, based on their levels of segregation, isolation, interaction and concentration. The analysis compares the segregation level of Colombian citizens in terms of the context of poverty in the municipality, measured according to the number of poor people estimated by the National Institute of Statistics for Zulia. Conclusions about the situation of the Colombian citizens and the poor in Maracaibo involved specifying their levels of social integration.

Keywords : Residential segregation; Colombian immigration; poverty; index of human development..