This work is a brief socio-historic, legal, demographic and political relative concept analysis of single mothers with the objectives of contextualizing and understanding their evolution as well as their relationship with the representations that are currently present in Mexico in reference to this population. The methodology consisted in a documental analysis: bibliography in reference to history, Mexican laws, demographic statistic and existing public policies in this country in reference to single mothers. Within the Mexican Context it is a difficult to conceptualize and visualize single mothers, especially those young mothers that depend economically and or residentially on their family of origin. This concept is configured as a socio-cultural construct; it has its social origin based on a legal concept, public political matters and a legitimist limited front conserved towards other forms of maternity.
Keywords:
Gender, History, Demography, Single Mother Concept, public policies
Author Biography
Rosa María Huerta Mata, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo; Escuela Superior de Actopan
Doctora en Ciencias Sociales por El Colegio de San Luis, México. Profesora Investigadora de Tiempo Completo. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Escuela Superior de Actopan, México
Huerta Mata, R. M. (2019). Conceptual Construction of the "Single Mothers" in Mexico. Revista Punto Género, (10), pp 60– 82. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2018.52959
