Isolation, Integration, and Ethnic Boundaries in Rural Guatemala

Pebley, Anne R.; Goldman, Noreen; Robles, Arodys

doi:10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00010.x

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“…This concept implicitly suggests that isolated ethno-racial traits do not necessarily represent clearly defined social boundaries or bases of social cohesion, taking into consideration that they are embodied in different degrees by mixed-race individuals ( mestizos regardless of ethnic self-identification). In other words, this perspective partially relaxes the relevance of ethnic solidarity among individuals who embody different degrees of ethno-racial traits in contrast with views that underline the centrality of ethnic solidarity (e.g., see Pebley, Goldman, and Robles 2005). Accordingly, ethnic self-identification is presented as another ethno-racial characteristic rather than as a central indicator of a well-bounded ethnic group.…”

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“…I included it in the first analysis and presented it in Table 2 in order to examine whether money whitens/ de-indianizes in Guatemala. In addition, I alternatively fitted these regression models with a control dummy variable for Evangelical respondents because of the possible influence of Evangelical religious beliefs on ethnic self-identification (see Pebley et al 2005), but its coefficient was statistically insignificant. Its exclusion did not alter the findings presented in this study.…”

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Mestizaje and the Significance of Phenotype in Guatemala

Paredes

2017

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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Ethnic issues in Guatemala are commonly analyzed using theoretical frameworks that underscore the role of Maya activism in promoting Mayan identification. However, these frameworks often pay insufficient attention to the local significance of phenotype. In this study, I propose an alternative framework to explain ethno-racial status in contexts of mestizaje. Based on this framework, I investigate whether phenotype, captured by skin color, is a significant dimension of ethno-racial status in Guatemala using nationally representative survey data and regression analysis. I specifically examine the association between skin color and ethnic self-identification, and differences by ethno-racial characteristics in the perception of skin color discrimination and in the desire for a whiter skin color. I find evidence of a direct association between skin color and ladino self-identification, evidence of a greater perception of skin color discrimination by individuals with more indigenous characteristics, and evidence of a direct association between indigenous ancestry, captured by indigenous first language, and the desire for a whiter skin color. These findings reveal the significance of phenotype as a distinct dimension of ethno-racial status in Guatemala beyond ancestry and ethnic self-identification.

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Mestizaje and the Significance of Phenotype in Guatemala

Paredes

2017

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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“…Therefore, this study elucidates ethnic differences in the importance and the type of father’s role, which is fulfilled by co-resident fathers of the same ethnicity , or which would have been fulfilled by absent fathers if they had had the same ethnicity as that of the mothers and co-resided with the children. On the other hand, because of the potentially higher instability of inter-ethnic unions, particularly in Guatemala where a rigid ethnic boundary/hierarchy that exists (Pebley et al 2005 ), the assumption that the absent fathers have the same ethnicity as the mothers may be less likely to be valid and the likelihood of paternity establishment and economic support payments may be affected by whether or not the nonresident fathers are of the same ethnicity as the mothers. Implications will be further discussed later.…”

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The Role of Ethnicity in Father Absence and Children’s School Enrollment in Guatemala

Ishida

2009

Popul Res Policy Rev

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Despite the historical prevalence of single motherhood in Latin America and its rise in recent years, there is limited knowledge on the magnitude and consequences of father absence as experienced by children. Using a nationally representative sample from the 2002 Guatemalan Reproductive Health Survey, this study provides unprecedented documentation on the national prevalence of children’s separate living arrangements from their biological fathers and nonresident fathers’ paternity establishment and child support payments. Using random-intercept models, this study further demonstrates that father absence has a negative effect on the school enrollment of indigenous children of both sexes and Ladino male children. Increased poverty in father-absent households explains a smaller proportion of this adverse effect on indigenous children, suggesting that their fathers, when present, play a stronger social, rather than economic, role compared to their Ladino counterparts. Finally, child support payments attenuate the negative effects of father absence, particularly among Ladino male children.

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“…Ultimately this differentiation by ethnicity incorporates the different development, economic, and fertility pathways present in the diverse populations. Related research examining health and fertility outcomes within Guatemala has highlighted the necessity of exploring the ethnic differences in determinants and correlates of these outcomes (Seiber & Bertrand 2002, Pebley, Goldman & Robles 2005, Lindstrom 2003, Lindstrom & Munoz-Franco 2005, De Broe & Hinde 2006. The gap in living standards and contraceptive use among these populations suggests that different factors may well be resulting in similar reproductive health outcomes.…”

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The impact of the individual, the household and the community on fertility behavior in Petén, Guatemala

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Carr²

2009

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This research explores fertility correlates in the Petén, a high fertility region of Guatemala, during the 1998-99 time period. By taking into account land use and labor characteristics at the household and community levels in addition to individual level factors related to the cost/benefit of children this research aims to update the traditional application of the demand framework used to examine fertility. Data from the 1998/99 Demographic and Health Survey containing a unique environmental module was used in concert with 2002 Population and Agricultural census data. The model was fit using a count variable (total children ever born) as the response. The results of the analysis highlight the significance of individual land use variables even after adjusting for socioeconomic status and ethnicity.

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Isolation, Integration, and Ethnic Boundaries in Rural Guatemala

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

Mestizaje and the Significance of Phenotype in Guatemala

Mestizaje and the Significance of Phenotype in Guatemala

The Role of Ethnicity in Father Absence and Children’s School Enrollment in Guatemala

The impact of the individual, the household and the community on fertility behavior in Petén, Guatemala

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