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The impact of socioeconomic and phenotypic traits on self-perception of ethnicity in Latin America
- Source :
- Scientific Reports, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2021, 11 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41598-021-92061-x⟩, Scientific Reports, 2021, 11 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41598-021-92061-x⟩, CONICET Digital (CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, instacron:CONICET, Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2021.
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Abstract
- Self-perception of ethnicity is a complex social trait shaped by both, biological and non-biological factors. We developed a comprehensive analysis of ethnic self-perception (ESP) on a large sample of Latin American mestizos from five countries, differing in age, socio-economic and education context, external phenotypic attributes and genetic background. We measured the correlation of ESP against genomic ancestry, and the influence of physical appearance, socio-economic context, and education on the distortion observed between both. Here we show that genomic ancestry is correlated to aspects of physical appearance, which in turn affect the individual ethnic self-perceived ancestry. Also, we observe that, besides the significant correlation among genomic ancestry and ESP, specific physical or socio-economic attributes have a strong impact on self-perception. In addition, the distortion among ESP and genomic ancestry differs across age ranks/countries, probably suggesting the underlying effect of past public policies regarding identity. Our results indicate that individuals’ own ideas about its origins should be taken with caution, especially in aspects of modern life, including access to work, social policies, and public health key decisions such as drug administration, therapy design, and clinical trials, among others. Fil: Paschetta, Carolina Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas; Argentina Fil: de Azevedo, Soledad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas; Argentina Fil: Ramallo, Virginia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas; Argentina Fil: Cintas, Celia. Ibm Research; Estados Unidos Fil: Pérez, Orlando Alberto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas; Argentina Fil: Navarro, Jose Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas; Argentina Fil: Bandieri, Lucas Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas; Argentina Fil: Quinto Sánchez, Mirsha Emmanuel. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México Fil: Adhikari, Kaustubh. Colegio Universitario de Londres; Reino Unido Fil: Bortolini, Maria Catira. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Brasil Fil: Poletti Ferrara, Giovanni. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (upc); Perú Fil: Gallo, Carla. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (upc); Perú Fil: Bedoya Berrío, Gabriel. Universidad de Antioquia; Colombia Fil: Rothhammer, Francisco. Universidad de Tarapacá; Chile Fil: Alonzo, Victor Acuña. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México Fil: Ruiz Linares, Andrés. Colegio Universitario de Londres; Reino Unido Fil: González José, Rolando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Instituto Patagónico de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas; Argentina
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
0301 basic medicine
050402 sociology
Science
[SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropology
Ethnic group
Identity (social science)
Context (language use)
ETHNIC SELF-PERCEPTION
Human physical appearance
Affect (psychology)
Article
GENOMIC ANCESTRY
purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https]
03 medical and health sciences
Medical research
0504 sociology
Ethnicity
Genetics
Humans
purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 [https]
10. No inequality
Socioeconomic status
Aged
Multidisciplinary
05 social sciences
1. No poverty
Phenotypic trait
Middle Aged
Self Concept
Latin America
Phenotype
030104 developmental biology
Socioeconomic Factors
Trait
Medicine
Educational Status
Female
Psychology
Genetic Background
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2021, 11 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41598-021-92061-x⟩, Scientific Reports, 2021, 11 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41598-021-92061-x⟩, CONICET Digital (CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, instacron:CONICET, Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eac83a9178026f33be084bc8a664b75f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92061-x⟩