Social Vulnerability of the Municipal Neighborhood

Social lag is a measure that, in an index and to a degree, summarizes aggregate indicators of access to some of the social rights of individuals and their household assets for different geographical disaggregations (federative entities, municipalities, and localities).

Social vulnerability refers to the levels of risk faced by individuals, communities, or societies when suffering damage from various hazards, as well as their ability to recover, cope with, and prevent them.

The social vulnerability index seeks to describe the disenfranchisement of the rights of individuals, organizations, or societies in extreme situations.

The social deprivations reported as a percentage in the Annual Report on the Situation of Poverty and Social Lag 2025 in Mexico and Aguascalientes are as follows:

• Educational lag: national 4% vs. 16.5% state.
• Deprivation due to lack of access to health services: national 1% vs. 26.2% state.
• Deprivation due to lack of access to social security: national 2% vs. 34.7% state.
• Deprivation due to lack of quality and spaces in housing: national 1% vs. 4.7% state.
• Lack of basic services in housing: national 8% vs. 2.5% state.
• Deprivation due to lack of access to quality food: national 2% vs. 15.6% state.

We add households that have migrants in the United States (USA): national 1.12% vs. 5.08% state.

With the seven indicators, we put together a social vulnerability index for twenty municipalities: the eleven belonging to the state, plus the nine surrounding it, to learn about the characteristics of the region.

In educational lag, Ojuelos, Apulco, and Calvillo stand out, as they have a quarter of their population or more lagging behind, while the average for the region analyzed is two out of ten. ” target=“_blank” rel=“noopener”>Aguascalientes and in the municipalities of the Metropolitan Zone of the capital.