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| Título: | The color of child mortality in Brazil, 1950-2000: social progress and persistent racial inequality |
| Autor: | Wood, Charles H.
Carvalho, José Alberto Magno de
Horta, Cláudia Júlia Guimarães |
| Afiliação: | University of Florida
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Fundação João Pinheiro |
| Data: | 2010 |
| Abstract: | Now that racism has been offi cially recognized in Brazil, and some universities have adopted affi rmative-action admission policies, measures of the magnitude
of racial inequality and analyses that identify the factors associated with changes
in racial disparities over time assume particular relevance to the conduct of public
debate. This study uses census data from 1950 to 2000 to estimate the probability of
death in the early years of life, a robust indicator of the standard of living among the
white and Afro-Brazilian populations. Associated estimates of the average number
of years of life expectancy at birth show that the 6.6-year advantage that the white
population enjoyed in the 1950s remained virtually unchanged throughout the second half of the twentieth century, despite the signifi cant improvements that accrued
to both racial groups. The application of multivariate techniques to samples selected
from the 1960, 1980, and 2000 census enumerations further shows that, controlling
for key determinants of child survival, the white mortality advantage persisted and
even increased somewhat in 2000. The article discusses evidence of continued racial
inequality during an era of deep transformation in social structure, with reference
to the challenges of skin color classifi cation in a multiracial society and the evolution of debates about color, class, and discrimination in Brazil. |
| Referência: | WOOD, C. H.; CARVALHO, J. A. M.; HORTA, C. J. G. The color of child mortality in Brazil, 1950-2000: social progress and persistent racial inequality. Latin American Research Review, v. 45, n. 2, p. 114-139, 2010. Disponível em: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/406363/summary. Acesso em: 24 jan. 2022. |
| ISSN: | 1542-4278 |
| Appears in Collections: | FJP - ARTIGOS DE PERIÓDICOS
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