Demographic contextual framework of higher education in education network UNAH Western Region, CUROC

Abstract

UNAH Educational Network of Western Region that brings together the departments of Copán, Lempira and Ocotepeque, which was formed initially by the Regional University Center of the West (CUROC) based in Santa Rosa de Copan and La Entrada casued. This study includes the size and rate of population growth, age structure and sex, the behavior of key demographic variables such as fertility, mortality and migration (internal and international), the spatial distribution and various aspects of school-age population of tertiary education and the labor market in the region.

The total population of the region in 2011 (according to census data projected 2001) is 3.5 times that of 1950 and 1.3 times than that in 2001. The structure of the population of this area is young and now, children under 15 years are represented by 43.1%, those aged 15-64 are composed of 53.1% and those over 65 for the 3.8% rise in the exchange the age structure of the product has been started in the reduction of fertility, but still remains high.

The population in tertiary age of the region is growing rapidly and will continue to grow in the coming decades by which will require higher education services. In the population of 18-24 years the proportion of men in higher than women, given than this area is especially rural and young women prefer to migrate to nearby cities for employment.

The main demographic indicators of population dynamics (fertility, mortality) have high levels compared to national levels for both periods with respect to migration in the region not only expelling internally but internationally. Internationally, immigrants from receiving this area of Central American countries, where 85.7% is contributed by the neighboring countries of Guatemala and El Salvador because of its proximity and ease of mobility to these countries.