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El Salvador society is made up of Mestizos, Whites and American Indians. Society in El Salvador can be categorized into structures, rural life, urban life and social dynamics. People of El Salvador making up the society are predominantly Roman Catholics.
The total El Salvador population of around seven million has grown at a rate of almost 1.7% over the preceding year of 2006. The estimated literacy rate is slightly above 80%, and the male to female ratio is 949 males per 1000 females.
El Salvador Rural Life
El Salvador rural life is agrarian in nature. For the majority of the rural inhabitants in the agricultural sector unemployment, underemployment and land shortages were the major economic problems. Low agricultural income forced the rural work force to take up wage labor.
The economic problems were aggravated by the declining buying power of the rural people. The diet of the rural agricultural and wage laborer consisted of rice, maize, beans and sorghum. A family of six members could afford one kilogram of meat a month.
El Salvador Urban Life
El Salvador urban life was not as developed as other similar South and Central American cities. Urban life in El Salvador was centered around the capital city of San Salvador. The well-to-do or rich families settled in San Salvador.
The urban rich people were either exporters of agro products, or real estate owners and bankers, or manufacturers and distributors. The traditional elite families called themselves the 'older' elites or 'founding fathers. The later Palestinians, Lebanese and Jew settlers were labeled 'Turcos'.
El Salvador middle class society comprised only about 8% of the total population. The middle class was comprised government employees, school teachers, professionals, small land owners, small businessmen and service employees.
El Salvador Social Dynamics
El Salvador Social dynamics includes agrarian reforms, religion and formation of revolutionary groups.
Agrarian reform was done in three phases.
El Salvador Society has also given birth to revolutionary groups like Salvadoran Communal Union, Revolutionary Co-ordinator of Masses and National Democratic Organization.
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