1. The impact of socioeconomic and phenotypic traits on self-perception of ethnicity in Latin America
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Francisco Rothhammer, Mirsha Emmanuel Quinto Sánchez, Gabriel Bedoya, Andres Ruiz-Linares, Orlando Pérez, Carolina Paschetta, Celia Cintas, Soledad de Azevedo, M. Catira Bortolini, Giovanni Poletti Ferrara, Virginia Ramallo, Víctor Acuña Alonzo, Carla Gallo, Kaustubh Adhikari, Rolando González-José, Pablo E. Navarro, Lucas M. Bandieri, Anthropologie bio-culturelle, Droit, Ethique et Santé (ADES), and Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-EFS ALPES MEDITERRANEE-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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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 - 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
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- 2021
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