Factors associated with the perception of resentment towards the Chinese in Latin America during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Mejia, Christian R. and Ascarza, Gianpool and Alvarez-Risco, Aldo and Misayauri, Jean and Arias-Chavez, Dennis and Vilela-Estrada, Martin A. and Serna-Alarcón, Victor and Requena, Tatiana and Ubillus, Milward and Del-Aguila-Arcentales, Shyla and Davies, Neal M. and Yáñez, Jaime A. UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, jaime.yanez@unini.edu.mx (2024) Factors associated with the perception of resentment towards the Chinese in Latin America during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health, 24 (1). ISSN 1471-2458

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Abstract

Introduction Resentment towards the Chinese population was perceived during the first months of the pandemic because the pandemic/disease started in that country. Objective To determine the factors associated with the perception of resentment towards the Chinese in Latin America during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology Analytical cross-sectional study conducted during the second semester of the pandemic in more than a dozen countries. Four questions were asked about the perception of resentment towards the Chinese (Cronbach's Alpha: 0.88); those with the highest scores on the sum of the four questions were considered to have "more resentment towards the Chinese," and descriptive and analytical statistics were obtained. Results Of the 7721 respondents, in the multivariate analysis, it was found that there was a difference according to the country; compared to Peru, those who had more resentment towards the Chinese were those residing in Paraguay (aPR: 1.29; 95%CI: 1.17–1.42; p-value < 0.001) and Bolivia (aPR: 1.52; 95%CI: 1.37–1.68; p-value < 0.001), while Chile (aPR: 0.78; 95%CI: 0.69–0.88; p-value < 0.001) had less resentment: 0.69–0.88; p-value < 0.001), Mexico (aPR: 0.68; 95%CI: 0.57–0.80; p-value < 0.001), Panama (aPR: 0.71; 95%CI: 0.59–0.86; p-value < 0.001) and Costa Rica (aPR: 0.64; 95%CI: 0.49–0.85; p-value = 0.002). Discussion There was a significant difference in resentment for each country.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Resentment, Chinese population, Discrimination, COVID-19, Latin America
Subjects:	Subjects > Social Sciences
Divisions:	Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production
Depositing User:	Sr Bibliotecario
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2024 09:53
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2024 09:53
URI:	http://repositorio.funiber.org/id/eprint/15641

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