This is a summary of Jehovah's Witness and part of a nationwide study of Mexico's religions.
The study indicated that JWs are the fourth largest religion in Mexico. This is because many more people identified themselves as Witnesses than the actual number of publishers.
A little less than 60% of respondents were females in the religion.
Witnesses have a higher percentage of literacy than the rest of the country. Although women have an inferior percentage, in the case of Jehovah's Witness the gap is closer among both sexes than other religions.
Perhaps the greatest difference between JWs and the rest of the country is the lower percentage that live in rural areas and a greater percentage that live in cities with a population of 100,000 or more. There are 37 cities where JWs are more than 5% or more of the poulation. In Santa Maria Temaxcalapa in the state of Oaxaca more the 21% reported to belong to this religion. Some areas where more than 10,000 Witnesses live are Tijuana, Acapulco and in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area.
Female Witness have about the same number of children as other Mexicans.
Only 5% of Witnesses speak a native language. A lot lower than most religions.
50% have basic education. Although they have a lower percentage of people with superior education than other religions, they also have a lower percentage of people with no education. They are essentially a middle-class community.
Where only the head of household identified as a Witness, 22% of family members also were. Where only the spouse is a Witness, 59% of family members also practice it. And it goes up to more than 90% if both partners are.
Of people who identified themselves as being a Witness, 5% where living with their partner, unmarried. This means these people are probably inactive or are currently studying. Still this percent is one of the lowest between all religions that were part of this study. Only Mormons and Jews had a lower rate.
Of course real JW numbers should be better. Publishers were not the only ones interviewed, but also inactives and interested people who decided to identify themselves as a Witnesses.
Publishers figures would show they earn a little more, have more education, and have a lower percent of unmarried couples. This is because a higher percent of woman become inactive than men. And because females earn less and have less education than males in Mexico, they lowered the numbers in the first 2 categories. They also tend to marry or simply live with non-believers. Inactives aside, real Publisher figures should be better.