Contribution of Intradepartmental Immigration to Fertility and Mortality in Pasto (Nariño, Colombia). An Approximation Based on 2005 and 2018 Censuses: Uma aproximação dos censos de 2005 e 2018

Recent research shows that Pasto has neither led the decrease in the birth rate nor mortality; rather, the rest of the municipalities of Nariño did. These are characterized by the fact that most of their population resides in the rural area. The objective of this article is to analyze the contributi...

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Main Author: Villamarín Martínez, Francisco Javier
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2025
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/42894
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Summary:Recent research shows that Pasto has neither led the decrease in the birth rate nor mortality; rather, the rest of the municipalities of Nariño did. These are characterized by the fact that most of their population resides in the rural area. The objective of this article is to analyze the contribution of recent intradepartmental immigration to fertility and mortality rates in Pasto, according to information from the 2005 and 2018 censuses. To achieve this purpose, the births and deaths of intradepartmental immigrants who five years prior to each census resided in a municipality of Nariño other than Pasto, as well as those who declared themselves as non-migrants, were extracted from the REDATAM system of the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE). The percentage contribution was measured through demographic rates. To achieve a greater degree of detail, information was also systematized to know the percentage of the contribution of immigration at the municipal level. An unequal contribution of immigration to the birth and mortality rate of Pasto was identified in this intercensal period. This contribution was significant in mortality, since in the context of its increase, a little more than half of its general rate was accounted for by outsiders from the department. On the other hand, in immigrant fertility, an increase in the proportion of births was found, despite the decreasing trend that described this demographic component in this city. Such specific discoveries at the territorial level, it seems, have no precedent.