Abstract

TORRE-CANTALAPIEDRA, Eduardo  and  SANCHEZ-SOTO, Gabriela. Afro-descendants and social stratification in Mexico. New evidence from the 2015 Intercensal Survey. Pap. poblac [online]. 2019, vol.25, n.100, pp.273-302.  Epub June 19, 2020. ISSN 2448-7147.  https://doi.org/10.22185/24487147.2019.100.20.

The 2015 Intercensal Survey marks the first time African descent self-identification was included on a nationally representative survey in Mexico. Before that, there were no nation-wide official counts of the Afro-Mexican population. In this paper we use ordinal logistic regression models to examine the effect of being Afro-descendant on the educational and occupational status of Mexicans. Contrary to expectations, our results show that, at the national level, there is no evidence that the self-identified Afro-Mexican population has a lower socioeconomic status than other Mexicans. This contradictory result may be attributed to a higher likelihood of Afro-descendant self-identification among more educated people, and lower among the most disadvantaged, particularly in areas where Afro-Mexicans are less represented.

Keywords : educational status; occupational status; social stratification; race and ethnicity; ethnic-racial self-identification.

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