SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ATTEND MEXICAN ROOSTER (COCK) FIGHTING EVENTS

Participants were profiled at one of the two largest cockfighting even ts in Mexico. In general, the participants were mainly rural and small town dwellers; were married with children. They involved their family and friends in their sport, have middle and lower middle class vocati ons, have a better educational background and income than the populati on at large, and belong to the major religious faith. Unlike in the U. S., in Mexican cockfighting i) alcohol consumption, and ii) singers ap pear as part of the attraction.