Abstract: In the absence of competitive markets, the level of welfare understood by income levels and its distribution, as well as the poverty level, are truly alarming in Mexico. Faced with the recent increase in poverty and decrease in inequality, it can be concluded that the decrease in the level of inequality is due by a process of impoverishment. From this conclusion, the question is, what are the strategies followed by Mexican households to survive against this equity by impoverishment. The answer lies in the possibility that households are engaged in other activities in addition to their main activities which usually are wage employments. The subject of this article is relevant, because it provides elements for analyzing how much the process of economic change in Mexico -characterized by the diversification of households’ income sources- contributes to the inequality reduction, since 2000 to 2010. Using the Gini Decomposition method and data from the ENIGH, it determines the positive impact of wages and salaries, social programs and international remittances, on reducing inequality across the country. Self-employment was also an alternative for the reduction of inequality between 2002 and 2006, nevertheless wages and salaries generates the greatest impact on reducing inequality (-6.3%). Finally, we provide options and proposals aimed to reduce inequalities in income distribution, since if we prioritize the economic problems in Mexico, we believe that the principal problem is not wealth creation but its distribution.